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while formatting the pendrive (32 GB), I pulled it out, unintentionally. Now the pendrive is recognized but only with 760 MB. How it get back the pendrive to full capacity?

saichand
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    Welcome to [ubuntu.se]! Have you tried to format it again? If the result persists, please [edit] your question to add the output of the command `lsblk`. Don’t forget to [format it as code](https://askubuntu.com/editing-help#code). – Melebius Aug 07 '18 at 08:39
  • What's happen if you try to reformate it ? Also there are already some pages about this problem, i don't know if it's working https://askubuntu.com/questions/289971/usbs-storage-capacity-reduced-to-2-mb-from-16-gb – Jeryosh Aug 07 '18 at 08:38

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I got the solution..
as it is said in howtogeek, we can install gparted and select the device that needed to be recoverd and format it again as ntfs or ext3/ext4. The link provided above gives explanation regarding how to format a usb drive in ubuntu using gparted.
Hope this answer would be helpful to the community.
I appreciate the correction@guiverc

saichand
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  • I suggest you provide *context for your link* as per https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer, ie. that you used `gparted` to... as per link – guiverc Aug 07 '18 at 08:59
  • I did not get What you were trying to tell, should I give the link related to askubuntu? – saichand Aug 07 '18 at 09:07
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    No your link is fine, but your answer is really just follow & read the link. If you read the how-to-answer it tells you "*Links to external resources are encouraged, but please add context around the link so your fellow users will have some idea what it is and why it’s there. Always quote the most relevant part of an important link, in case the target site is unreachable or goes permanently offline.*" – guiverc Aug 07 '18 at 09:09
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Just adding additional solution. Try to format with mkusb.

Click here for mkusb description

Installation:

sudo add-apt-repository universe  # only for standard Ubuntu

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mkusb/ppa  # and press Enter
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install mkusb

It comes with good GUI support. Just format as mentioned in this link

Click here to know how to format usb with mkusb

You will get back the last partition just like a magic.

Aravind
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