Unplugged USB stick while formatting - now not recognized any more

Question

I was formatting my USB memory stick using Ubuntu and chose "Override existing data".

I accidentally knocked the memory stick out of the USB port. When I put it back into my Ubuntu computer it was not visible in the file manager (Nautilus), and it does not appear in my unity dock.

I have already tried rebooting the computer with the memory stick inserted. But no effect.

What can I do to bring my memory stick back to life?

Does it appear in lsblk and lsusb? What about sudo parted -l (needs admin password)? — Byte Commander, Oct 15 '15 at 17:03
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this is most likely a hardware problem — Fabby, Dec 15 '17 at 20:41

score 11 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 15 '15 at 17:23

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sudo apt-get install gparted

Launch GParted from the dash, switch to the usb stick, choose Device → Create Partition Table (accept the default setting), create a new partition.

answered Oct 15 '15 at 17:23

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So what if it's not visible in GParted? – Zelphir Kaltstahl Apr 05 '16 at 10:13
Then it seems a lot like a hardware defect. (Especially since you added that it doesn't show up in sudo fdisk -l.) – UTF-8 Apr 05 '16 at 13:56
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Ah sorry I am not the OP and I realized, that my device does show up, only had to select sdb on the top right corner in GParted : ) – Zelphir Kaltstahl Apr 05 '16 at 15:10

Unplugged USB stick while formatting - now not recognized any more

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