How to Force Format USB drive? (Permissions lost)

Hi all,

Normally I would just buy a new one - but I am stuck at sea for 2 months! 😟

• I have a 32GB San disk USB Cruze (USB Stick)
• I have owned it from new and used it on the same computer. For some reason I have lost permissions for it. I can read, but that is all.
• I wish to either regain ownership of the USB stick and therefore have full permissions or I don't mind formatting and starting from scratch.

A long time has been spent on this, with no light seen at the end of the tunnel..!

• In DiskUtility as I have no persmissions I cannot do anything (First Aid or Restore) except view the USB stick
• In Terminal I keep coming accross "Permission denied". The route of the USB is; /dev/disk0s2

Can I force a format or anything? I am not a computer wizard, so any terminal commands to help, please include what I need, I sometimes get lost when people say <something> <something> i'm not always sure what they are refering to..

I look forward to seeing if there is a solution, it would really save me with regards to my studies whilst i'm at sea. 😀

If there is a program (a small one) I maybe able to download it, if there's one to brute force a format..

Hope someone can help.. 😎

Thanks Matt