Why doesn't Gparted show my USB stick?

Question

I have a new 16 GB kingston flash pen that I cannot format

Gparted doesn't seem to see it

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It has some windows exe and files on it

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In do not have the format option as described here for Nautilus, Thunar or PCManFM

Its properties in Nautilus are

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There is a menu in Gparted on the right up top just above partitions. You might need to click it and swhich to the device. — mikewhatever, Oct 04 '12 at 16:22

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 20 '13 at 12:41

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edited Feb 20 '13 at 12:41

answered Oct 04 '12 at 16:26

SirCharlo

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 04 '12 at 16:22

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Have you tryed bash command mkfs?

fdisk /dev/sda
mkfs -t vfat /dev/sda1

answered Oct 04 '12 at 16:22

Evandro Silva

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