List all disks and partitions

  • Last tested on Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS (trusty)
$ sudo lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT,LABEL
NAME FSTYPE SIZE MOUNTPOINT LABEL
sda1 ext3    38G /
sda2 swap     2G [SWAP]


Formatting USB disk on Windows 10

  • Last tested on Windows 10 v20H2 (19042.630) (2020-11-28)
> list disk
> select disk 2
> clean

Then continue in Disk Management management module to partition and format the drive.