Why can't I create a partition table on my USB flash drive using GParted?
Trying using Disk Utility in the Administration Menu (command line: palimpsest) instead of gparted. You should be able to create a partition table with it or replace the existing one.
It's entirely possible they use the same libraries & access routines - if that fails i'd suspect your hardware is faulty.
You can create it.Open Gparted, right click on allocated space of your USB flash drive and select New.Enter everything as you see in the snapshot below and click add.
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Now fill all the fields as you see in the snapshot below and click add.
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Now goto Edit Menu and select Apply All Operations.
Now new partition is created.
Ok, Hew, I too had the same problem when I first got the millenium hard drive enclosure to connect it to the computer via usb port.
Just follow these steps, and you need to be patient throughout.
- Open up GParted and choose your device.
- Click on Device > Create New Partition Table.
Click on OK in the dialog window that appears.[NOTE: Do not click apply yet!]
Then Right-click on the unallocated space, Create a new partition of the desired size. (Use all space available, but you can make separate partitions)
- When your done sorting out partitions and their sizes, click apply button.
Thats it. Process Complete.
All I wanted to say was, do all processes in one go, from the creation of the partition table to partitioning.