Can not format USB ( Pen Drive ) !

[eaglelinux]

Hello,

I can not format my " Pen Drive " in Fedora using gparded. When I try to format that I take this error:

Input/output error during write on /dev/sdc

Please help me to solve this problem !

[Fenrin]

you could try it with gnome-disk-utility (name in menu: "Disks"). When this program is opened: select the correct device, press unmount (in F17 it's the button with the square), the delete button, and then 'More actions...'->'Format...'

[eaglelinux]

I have tried to format that with " Disks " but also get the same error, but a little extended:

Error creating file system: Command-line `mkntfs -f -F -L "usb" "/dev/sdc1"' exited with non-zero exit status 1:
stdout: `Cluster size has been automatically set to 4096 bytes.
Creating NTFS volume structures.
'
stderr: `Failed to sync device /dev/sdc1: Input/output error
Syncing device. FAILED' (udisks-error-quark, 0)

Thank you !

[zuser]

this usually works for me:

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/restori...key-partition/