From within UbuntuStart the gnome Disk Utility
Applications>Administration>Disk Utilityor from a terminal
When it starts, plug in your USB stick and look in the left hand panel for
USB Flash Memory, delete any partition on the drive, then create a new partition of
Type: Win95 Fat32 (0x0b)Or install
gparted either from synaptic
or from a terminal
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install gparted
fire up Gparted
Applications>Administration>Gpartedor from the terminal
once Gparted starts, select the USB stick from the drop-down menu on the toolbar top right (if you have only 1 hard drive, the USB stick will
probably be /dev/sdb)
delete all partitions, and create a new FAT32 partition
WARNING: be VERY carefull not to delete partitions on the wrong drive
From within VistaDelete the Linux partitions and reformat the drive in Windows Disk Management...
1. Click the Windows Vista Start button.
2. Right-click Computer.
3. Click Manage. The Computer Management window will open.
4. Click Storage in the pane at left, then double-click Disk Management in the pane at right.
5. Delete the Linux partitions on the USB drive.
6. Create a FAT32 partition.
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