How to Format USB Drives and SD Cards on Linux

Posted by linuxize on Sep 26, 2019 8:55 AM EDT
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Before you can use an SD card or USB drive, it needs to be formatted and partitioned. Typically most USB drives and SD cards come preformatted using the FAT file system and do not need to be formatted out of the box. However, in some cases, you may need to format the drive.

In Linux, you can use a graphical tool like GParted or command-line tools such as fdisk or parted to format the drive and create the required partitions.

In this tutorial, we will show you how to format a USB Drive or SD Card on Linux using the parted utility.

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