A free software system like Ubuntu has many advantages over its closed source competitors, because it allows you to perform all kinds of actions with commands. One of them even allows you to fix faulty devices, so with that in mind today you will learn how to repair a damaged or unreadable USB stick using Ubuntu and Gparted .
Next, we explain how you can repair your USB stick using these applications .
Index
- Repair a corrupted or unreadable USB stick using Ubuntu and Gparted
- Format or resize
- Where to direct the memory
Repair a corrupted or unreadable USB stick using Ubuntu and Gparted
- Now to start the USB repair process, you must insert said USB into one of the ports that you have available(make sure that it is working perfectly, since the memory cannot be disconnected until the process is finished).
- Once it is connected, Gparted will recognize it immediately,so the next step will be to open the program.
- Then you must stand on the button that has the same name as the application(it is in the menu above), and click on ” Refresh devices “, so that the USB appears in this way.
Format or resize
When your memory has been loaded into the program, you will notice that the amount of GB it has appears , and also a small section where there are a few MB (that is the firmware information), in case that information does not come out , then you won’t be able to repair the USB ( usually happens with 8 or 128 GB drives ).
If you get it, then proceed to click on the option with the most memory, that will display several items in a list, select ” Delete ” to format it, and if it doesn’t let you do that, then click on ” Resize/move” “.
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That will let you partition the device so you can shrink the USB to what is considered real space . If your memory is 64 then create a partition of 8, if it is 32 make it 4 (if it is some other then you can search the web for what the value would be).
In order to create this partition, you just have to use the bar that appears in the ” Resize ” section to lower the amount of memory in the ” New size ” field. When finished, just press ” Resize/move ” to confirm and you’re done. If you want, you can try to repair memory card without formatting , it may be a process, but you may be able to do it.
Where to direct the memory
For that you must click again on the section of your USB , but this time press the ” Format to ” option , there you will get a list of places that you can select, the recommended thing is to press ” FAT32 “, if the destination of the USB is a mobile and ” NTFS ” if you used it on a computer.
As you can see, repairing a USB memory requires some steps and in many cases said memory cannot be recovered
