USB disk shows 2 MB instead 4 GB












0















My 4 GB USB shows 2 MB, I have read lot of answers on many site as well as Ask Ubuntu, tried this problem to solve from both the platforms windows XP & 7 and Ubuntu but all is vain. Someone can help me please?










share|improve this question

























  • Tell us what you did already.

    – iamatrain
    Nov 1 '15 at 13:41
















0















My 4 GB USB shows 2 MB, I have read lot of answers on many site as well as Ask Ubuntu, tried this problem to solve from both the platforms windows XP & 7 and Ubuntu but all is vain. Someone can help me please?










share|improve this question

























  • Tell us what you did already.

    – iamatrain
    Nov 1 '15 at 13:41














0












0








0








My 4 GB USB shows 2 MB, I have read lot of answers on many site as well as Ask Ubuntu, tried this problem to solve from both the platforms windows XP & 7 and Ubuntu but all is vain. Someone can help me please?










share|improve this question
















My 4 GB USB shows 2 MB, I have read lot of answers on many site as well as Ask Ubuntu, tried this problem to solve from both the platforms windows XP & 7 and Ubuntu but all is vain. Someone can help me please?







usb






share|improve this question















share|improve this question













share|improve this question




share|improve this question








edited Jan 11 at 16:28









Codito ergo sum

1,4842725




1,4842725










asked Nov 1 '15 at 13:30









Attiq Ur RehmanAttiq Ur Rehman

1




1













  • Tell us what you did already.

    – iamatrain
    Nov 1 '15 at 13:41



















  • Tell us what you did already.

    – iamatrain
    Nov 1 '15 at 13:41

















Tell us what you did already.

– iamatrain
Nov 1 '15 at 13:41





Tell us what you did already.

– iamatrain
Nov 1 '15 at 13:41










1 Answer
1






active

oldest

votes


















2














You most likely have only one intact partition that is 2MB in size. The easiest way to solve this would be through GParted, a disk partitioning program.



You'll have to install it first and you do that by opening a terminal (you can find that in the app launcher, top left corner) and executing the following commands:



sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gparted


When you run the first command it will ask you for your password, just type your login password (It will not show any feedback while you're typing, not even * characters).



After it has finished installing make sure that your USB stick is plugged in and run GParted from the terminal by running this command



sudo gparted


You will see something like this (Your partitions will wary, dont worry about that):
Gparted window



Pick your USB from the top righ dropdown menu, if you have only one HDD it will most likely be the second option, just look for a disk at around 8GB in size, now it should look like this (again, ignore the variations in sizes and names):



enter image description here



select a partition from the list and right click>delete (or just press the delete key on the keyboard). Repeat this with every partition until you have only Unallocated space listed. Select it and right click>New. A windows similar to this will pop up:



enter image description here



On the right side under File system select fat32, the default should be ext4, so be sure to change that, otherwise any windows system wont be able to read the usb. Leave everything else as is and hit Add. At last but not least hit the apply button on the tool bar on the top (It's the button on the right), hit accept and wait for it to finish (DO NOT REMOVE THE USB UNTIL IT'S DONE, you could damage it).



Good Luck.






share|improve this answer























    Your Answer








    StackExchange.ready(function() {
    var channelOptions = {
    tags: "".split(" "),
    id: "89"
    };
    initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

    StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
    // Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
    if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
    StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
    createEditor();
    });
    }
    else {
    createEditor();
    }
    });

    function createEditor() {
    StackExchange.prepareEditor({
    heartbeatType: 'answer',
    autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
    convertImagesToLinks: true,
    noModals: true,
    showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
    reputationToPostImages: 10,
    bindNavPrevention: true,
    postfix: "",
    imageUploader: {
    brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
    contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
    allowUrls: true
    },
    onDemand: true,
    discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
    ,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
    });


    }
    });














    draft saved

    draft discarded


















    StackExchange.ready(
    function () {
    StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2faskubuntu.com%2fquestions%2f692562%2fusb-disk-shows-2-mb-instead-4-gb%23new-answer', 'question_page');
    }
    );

    Post as a guest















    Required, but never shown

























    1 Answer
    1






    active

    oldest

    votes








    1 Answer
    1






    active

    oldest

    votes









    active

    oldest

    votes






    active

    oldest

    votes









    2














    You most likely have only one intact partition that is 2MB in size. The easiest way to solve this would be through GParted, a disk partitioning program.



    You'll have to install it first and you do that by opening a terminal (you can find that in the app launcher, top left corner) and executing the following commands:



    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install gparted


    When you run the first command it will ask you for your password, just type your login password (It will not show any feedback while you're typing, not even * characters).



    After it has finished installing make sure that your USB stick is plugged in and run GParted from the terminal by running this command



    sudo gparted


    You will see something like this (Your partitions will wary, dont worry about that):
    Gparted window



    Pick your USB from the top righ dropdown menu, if you have only one HDD it will most likely be the second option, just look for a disk at around 8GB in size, now it should look like this (again, ignore the variations in sizes and names):



    enter image description here



    select a partition from the list and right click>delete (or just press the delete key on the keyboard). Repeat this with every partition until you have only Unallocated space listed. Select it and right click>New. A windows similar to this will pop up:



    enter image description here



    On the right side under File system select fat32, the default should be ext4, so be sure to change that, otherwise any windows system wont be able to read the usb. Leave everything else as is and hit Add. At last but not least hit the apply button on the tool bar on the top (It's the button on the right), hit accept and wait for it to finish (DO NOT REMOVE THE USB UNTIL IT'S DONE, you could damage it).



    Good Luck.






    share|improve this answer




























      2














      You most likely have only one intact partition that is 2MB in size. The easiest way to solve this would be through GParted, a disk partitioning program.



      You'll have to install it first and you do that by opening a terminal (you can find that in the app launcher, top left corner) and executing the following commands:



      sudo apt-get update
      sudo apt-get install gparted


      When you run the first command it will ask you for your password, just type your login password (It will not show any feedback while you're typing, not even * characters).



      After it has finished installing make sure that your USB stick is plugged in and run GParted from the terminal by running this command



      sudo gparted


      You will see something like this (Your partitions will wary, dont worry about that):
      Gparted window



      Pick your USB from the top righ dropdown menu, if you have only one HDD it will most likely be the second option, just look for a disk at around 8GB in size, now it should look like this (again, ignore the variations in sizes and names):



      enter image description here



      select a partition from the list and right click>delete (or just press the delete key on the keyboard). Repeat this with every partition until you have only Unallocated space listed. Select it and right click>New. A windows similar to this will pop up:



      enter image description here



      On the right side under File system select fat32, the default should be ext4, so be sure to change that, otherwise any windows system wont be able to read the usb. Leave everything else as is and hit Add. At last but not least hit the apply button on the tool bar on the top (It's the button on the right), hit accept and wait for it to finish (DO NOT REMOVE THE USB UNTIL IT'S DONE, you could damage it).



      Good Luck.






      share|improve this answer


























        2












        2








        2







        You most likely have only one intact partition that is 2MB in size. The easiest way to solve this would be through GParted, a disk partitioning program.



        You'll have to install it first and you do that by opening a terminal (you can find that in the app launcher, top left corner) and executing the following commands:



        sudo apt-get update
        sudo apt-get install gparted


        When you run the first command it will ask you for your password, just type your login password (It will not show any feedback while you're typing, not even * characters).



        After it has finished installing make sure that your USB stick is plugged in and run GParted from the terminal by running this command



        sudo gparted


        You will see something like this (Your partitions will wary, dont worry about that):
        Gparted window



        Pick your USB from the top righ dropdown menu, if you have only one HDD it will most likely be the second option, just look for a disk at around 8GB in size, now it should look like this (again, ignore the variations in sizes and names):



        enter image description here



        select a partition from the list and right click>delete (or just press the delete key on the keyboard). Repeat this with every partition until you have only Unallocated space listed. Select it and right click>New. A windows similar to this will pop up:



        enter image description here



        On the right side under File system select fat32, the default should be ext4, so be sure to change that, otherwise any windows system wont be able to read the usb. Leave everything else as is and hit Add. At last but not least hit the apply button on the tool bar on the top (It's the button on the right), hit accept and wait for it to finish (DO NOT REMOVE THE USB UNTIL IT'S DONE, you could damage it).



        Good Luck.






        share|improve this answer













        You most likely have only one intact partition that is 2MB in size. The easiest way to solve this would be through GParted, a disk partitioning program.



        You'll have to install it first and you do that by opening a terminal (you can find that in the app launcher, top left corner) and executing the following commands:



        sudo apt-get update
        sudo apt-get install gparted


        When you run the first command it will ask you for your password, just type your login password (It will not show any feedback while you're typing, not even * characters).



        After it has finished installing make sure that your USB stick is plugged in and run GParted from the terminal by running this command



        sudo gparted


        You will see something like this (Your partitions will wary, dont worry about that):
        Gparted window



        Pick your USB from the top righ dropdown menu, if you have only one HDD it will most likely be the second option, just look for a disk at around 8GB in size, now it should look like this (again, ignore the variations in sizes and names):



        enter image description here



        select a partition from the list and right click>delete (or just press the delete key on the keyboard). Repeat this with every partition until you have only Unallocated space listed. Select it and right click>New. A windows similar to this will pop up:



        enter image description here



        On the right side under File system select fat32, the default should be ext4, so be sure to change that, otherwise any windows system wont be able to read the usb. Leave everything else as is and hit Add. At last but not least hit the apply button on the tool bar on the top (It's the button on the right), hit accept and wait for it to finish (DO NOT REMOVE THE USB UNTIL IT'S DONE, you could damage it).



        Good Luck.







        share|improve this answer












        share|improve this answer



        share|improve this answer










        answered Nov 1 '15 at 14:10









        The Edge Of RageThe Edge Of Rage

        48111




        48111






























            draft saved

            draft discarded




















































            Thanks for contributing an answer to Ask Ubuntu!


            • Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!

            But avoid



            • Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.

            • Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.


            To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.




            draft saved


            draft discarded














            StackExchange.ready(
            function () {
            StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2faskubuntu.com%2fquestions%2f692562%2fusb-disk-shows-2-mb-instead-4-gb%23new-answer', 'question_page');
            }
            );

            Post as a guest















            Required, but never shown





















































            Required, but never shown














            Required, but never shown












            Required, but never shown







            Required, but never shown

































            Required, but never shown














            Required, but never shown












            Required, but never shown







            Required, but never shown







            Popular posts from this blog

            How to make a Squid Proxy server?

            Is this a new Fibonacci Identity?

            Touch on Surface Book