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I have just tried using the GParted utility on my two usb sticks but that failed as well, giving a message that the sticks were "read only".
I have attached a 2.5" external drive to the box but am hesitant to try and mount it, in case that gets corrupted as well, so its still in FAT32 format.
If I try to change any timeshift settings, I get the error message shown in pic 3.
The other screen shots are to show settings and system info etc
Thanks
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you are running GParted under windows,
try running it as a LIVE DVD/CD
it doesnt care what your USB is set up as,
it will take control of it and do whatever you tell it to do,
BUT,
as said above,
make very sure you have it pointed to the correct drive, once initiated, it will format whatever drive it has been told to
NO returns
its windoze that is refusing to let GParted work,
GParted can only do what it is told to do
have you unmounted the sticks first using GParted,?
btw, you must use this on your PC, not your box,
partition
unmount
click green arrow
format
FAT32
click green arrow
depending if windows allows it or not,
you could format direct to ext3 , or 4 , but I doubt windows would allow that as it cant recognise those filesystems