[Novalug] Formatting USB thumb drives

[Ken Kauffman]

mkfs -t vfat /dev/sdx

No issues with formatting them.

On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 18:23, Jay Hart <jhart at kevla.org> wrote:

> Couple of weeks ago I bought two of the Microcenter branded 2GB USB thumb
> drives. I thought that I would format them to prevent the possibility of
> them
> having a virus on them.
>
> Is that necessary, and if so how would you go about this?  I want these
> drives
> usable by Windows (for work) and Linux/Windows at home.
>
> I know how to format the drive, I really am just asking if others have
> bought
> the same thumb drives and if you knew of any reason why I should NOT format
> them (or why I SHOULD format them).
>
> TIA,
>
> Jay
>
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