Trying to format a sandisk pendrive using bash












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My sandisk pendrive is write protected and i have tried everything to repair it but nothing worked. Now finally i am trying to format it using bash in my windows machine. But commands like fdisk -l are not running. Can someone help?



fdisk: cannot open /proc/partitions: No such file or directory



And df or mount dont show my pendrive which is connected



root@DESKTOP-FGQQE3V:~# fdisk -l
fdisk: cannot open /proc/partitions: No such file or directory
root@DESKTOP-FGQQE3V:~# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /
root 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /root
home 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /home
data 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /data
cache 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /cache
mnt 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /mnt
none 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /dev
none 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /run
none 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /run/lock
none 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /run/shm
none 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /run/user
C: 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /mnt/c
D: 514935804 444943028 69992776 87% /mnt/d
root@DESKTOP-FGQQE3V:~# mount
rootfs on / type lxfs (rw,noatime)
root on /root type lxfs (rw,noatime)
home on /home type lxfs (rw,noatime)
data on /data type lxfs (rw,noatime)
cache on /cache type lxfs (rw,noatime)
mnt on /mnt type lxfs (rw,noatime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime)
none on /dev type tmpfs (rw,noatime,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,noatime,gid=5,mode=620)
none on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,noexec,noatime,mode=755)
none on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime)
none on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime)
none on /run/user type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,mode=755)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noatime)
C: on /mnt/c type drvfs (rw,noatime,uid=1000,gid=1000)
D: on /mnt/d type drvfs (rw,noatime,uid=1000,gid=1000)









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    Possible duplicate of What can I do if my USB flash drive is write-protected or read-only?

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My sandisk pendrive is write protected and i have tried everything to repair it but nothing worked. Now finally i am trying to format it using bash in my windows machine. But commands like fdisk -l are not running. Can someone help?



fdisk: cannot open /proc/partitions: No such file or directory



And df or mount dont show my pendrive which is connected



root@DESKTOP-FGQQE3V:~# fdisk -l
fdisk: cannot open /proc/partitions: No such file or directory
root@DESKTOP-FGQQE3V:~# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /
root 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /root
home 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /home
data 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /data
cache 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /cache
mnt 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /mnt
none 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /dev
none 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /run
none 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /run/lock
none 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /run/shm
none 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /run/user
C: 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /mnt/c
D: 514935804 444943028 69992776 87% /mnt/d
root@DESKTOP-FGQQE3V:~# mount
rootfs on / type lxfs (rw,noatime)
root on /root type lxfs (rw,noatime)
home on /home type lxfs (rw,noatime)
data on /data type lxfs (rw,noatime)
cache on /cache type lxfs (rw,noatime)
mnt on /mnt type lxfs (rw,noatime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime)
none on /dev type tmpfs (rw,noatime,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,noatime,gid=5,mode=620)
none on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,noexec,noatime,mode=755)
none on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime)
none on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime)
none on /run/user type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,mode=755)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noatime)
C: on /mnt/c type drvfs (rw,noatime,uid=1000,gid=1000)
D: on /mnt/d type drvfs (rw,noatime,uid=1000,gid=1000)









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    Possible duplicate of What can I do if my USB flash drive is write-protected or read-only?

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    Jan 21 at 7:58














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My sandisk pendrive is write protected and i have tried everything to repair it but nothing worked. Now finally i am trying to format it using bash in my windows machine. But commands like fdisk -l are not running. Can someone help?



fdisk: cannot open /proc/partitions: No such file or directory



And df or mount dont show my pendrive which is connected



root@DESKTOP-FGQQE3V:~# fdisk -l
fdisk: cannot open /proc/partitions: No such file or directory
root@DESKTOP-FGQQE3V:~# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /
root 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /root
home 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /home
data 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /data
cache 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /cache
mnt 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /mnt
none 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /dev
none 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /run
none 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /run/lock
none 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /run/shm
none 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /run/user
C: 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /mnt/c
D: 514935804 444943028 69992776 87% /mnt/d
root@DESKTOP-FGQQE3V:~# mount
rootfs on / type lxfs (rw,noatime)
root on /root type lxfs (rw,noatime)
home on /home type lxfs (rw,noatime)
data on /data type lxfs (rw,noatime)
cache on /cache type lxfs (rw,noatime)
mnt on /mnt type lxfs (rw,noatime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime)
none on /dev type tmpfs (rw,noatime,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,noatime,gid=5,mode=620)
none on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,noexec,noatime,mode=755)
none on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime)
none on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime)
none on /run/user type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,mode=755)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noatime)
C: on /mnt/c type drvfs (rw,noatime,uid=1000,gid=1000)
D: on /mnt/d type drvfs (rw,noatime,uid=1000,gid=1000)









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My sandisk pendrive is write protected and i have tried everything to repair it but nothing worked. Now finally i am trying to format it using bash in my windows machine. But commands like fdisk -l are not running. Can someone help?



fdisk: cannot open /proc/partitions: No such file or directory



And df or mount dont show my pendrive which is connected



root@DESKTOP-FGQQE3V:~# fdisk -l
fdisk: cannot open /proc/partitions: No such file or directory
root@DESKTOP-FGQQE3V:~# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /
root 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /root
home 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /home
data 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /data
cache 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /cache
mnt 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /mnt
none 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /dev
none 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /run
none 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /run/lock
none 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /run/shm
none 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /run/user
C: 459892424 417204692 42687732 91% /mnt/c
D: 514935804 444943028 69992776 87% /mnt/d
root@DESKTOP-FGQQE3V:~# mount
rootfs on / type lxfs (rw,noatime)
root on /root type lxfs (rw,noatime)
home on /home type lxfs (rw,noatime)
data on /data type lxfs (rw,noatime)
cache on /cache type lxfs (rw,noatime)
mnt on /mnt type lxfs (rw,noatime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime)
none on /dev type tmpfs (rw,noatime,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,noatime,gid=5,mode=620)
none on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,noexec,noatime,mode=755)
none on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime)
none on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime)
none on /run/user type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,mode=755)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noatime)
C: on /mnt/c type drvfs (rw,noatime,uid=1000,gid=1000)
D: on /mnt/d type drvfs (rw,noatime,uid=1000,gid=1000)






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If you're using the "linux subsystem" feature in Windows, it won't work.
This shell does not have access to the 'real' devices connected to the machine.



I guess the easiest solution would be to use a small Linux virtual machine or to boot a linux system.






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    I guess the easiest solution would be to use a small Linux virtual machine or to boot a linux system.






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      I guess the easiest solution would be to use a small Linux virtual machine or to boot a linux system.






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