USB Stick broken?
by GPGAgent from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5CZYD)
I have a 128Gb USB stick that doesn't mount when I stick it into any usb port
I'm fairly sure it's destined for the bin, but just in case maybe someone can suggest how to rescue it.
Here I've plugged in the 128Gb stick and a KINGSTON 64Gb stick.Code:jonke@charlie:~$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 232.9G 0 disk
sda1 8:1 0 512M 0 part /boot/efi
sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part
sda5 8:5 0 232.4G 0 part /
sdb 8:16 0 1.8T 0 disk
sdb1 8:17 0 512M 0 part
sdb2 8:18 0 1K 0 part
sdb5 8:21 0 1.8T 0 part /media/jonke/6e725920-1c32-4931-bab9-fc8c12d01128
sdc 8:32 1 57.6G 0 disk
sdc1 8:33 1 57.6G 0 part /media/jonke/KINGSTON
sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
jonke@charlie:~$ lsblkand here I've unplugged the 64Gb stickCode:jonke@charlie:~$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 232.9G 0 disk
sda1 8:1 0 512M 0 part /boot/efi
sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part
sda5 8:5 0 232.4G 0 part /
sdb 8:16 0 1.8T 0 disk
sdb1 8:17 0 512M 0 part
sdb2 8:18 0 1K 0 part
sdb5 8:21 0 1.8T 0 part /media/jonke/6e725920-1c32-4931-bab9-fc8c12d01128
sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
jonke@charlie:~$gparted doesn't see it either.
Any advice folks?


I'm fairly sure it's destined for the bin, but just in case maybe someone can suggest how to rescue it.
Here I've plugged in the 128Gb stick and a KINGSTON 64Gb stick.Code:jonke@charlie:~$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 232.9G 0 disk
sda1 8:1 0 512M 0 part /boot/efi
sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part
sda5 8:5 0 232.4G 0 part /
sdb 8:16 0 1.8T 0 disk
sdb1 8:17 0 512M 0 part
sdb2 8:18 0 1K 0 part
sdb5 8:21 0 1.8T 0 part /media/jonke/6e725920-1c32-4931-bab9-fc8c12d01128
sdc 8:32 1 57.6G 0 disk
sdc1 8:33 1 57.6G 0 part /media/jonke/KINGSTON
sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
jonke@charlie:~$ lsblkand here I've unplugged the 64Gb stickCode:jonke@charlie:~$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 232.9G 0 disk
sda1 8:1 0 512M 0 part /boot/efi
sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part
sda5 8:5 0 232.4G 0 part /
sdb 8:16 0 1.8T 0 disk
sdb1 8:17 0 512M 0 part
sdb2 8:18 0 1K 0 part
sdb5 8:21 0 1.8T 0 part /media/jonke/6e725920-1c32-4931-bab9-fc8c12d01128
sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
jonke@charlie:~$gparted doesn't see it either.
Any advice folks?