1. We'll first check the name of the drive, in my case, it is /dev/sdb
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2. Next, we'll unmount the drive.
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3. Now we'll write the filesystem. It may take 5-30 minutes, depending on your drive's read and write speed.
![](images/screenshots/format-ntfs-linux/4.jpg)
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4. Finally, it is now done.
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1. We'll first check the name of the drive, in my case, it is /dev/sdb
2. Next, we'll unmount the drive.
3. Now we'll write the filesystem. It may take 5-30 minutes, depending on your drive's read and write speed.
4. Finally, it is now done.