Can't format a USB drive

I have a USB drive that appears to be quite messed up. Running fdisk on it gives the following:
Disk /dev/sdf: 4040 MB, 4040724480 bytes
125 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1018 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 7750 * 512 = 3968000 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x2c6b7369
This doesn't look like a partition table
Probably you selected the wrong device.
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdf1 ? 249811 488760 925929529+ 68 Unknown
Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(116, 100, 32) logical=(249810, 12, 29)
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(288, 101, 46) logical=(488759, 81, 59)
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdf2 ? 171637 241182 269488144 79 Unknown
Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(357, 32, 43) logical=(171636, 83, 47)
Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(0, 13, 10) logical=(241181, 124, 42)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdf3 ? 69548 249981 699181456 53 OnTrack DM6 Aux3
Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(345, 32, 19) logical=(69547, 2, 18)
Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(324, 77, 19) logical=(249980, 117, 49)
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdf4 ? 179952 179955 10668+ 49 Unknown
Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(87, 1, 0) logical=(179951, 119, 36)
Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(335, 78, 2) logical=(179954, 88, 44)
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.
Partition table entries are not in disk order
I tried using the 'o' option to create an empty DOS partition table, but when I write, fdisk exits with an error.
Command (m for help): o
Building a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0xf7f408ba.
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
After that, of course, the previous content won't be recoverable.
Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite)
Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
Error closing file
Nothing happens. I've tried clearing the drive with dd:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdf bs=512 count=1
But checking in fdisk reveals that this doesn't have any effect on the disk.
Looking at my logs, I see the following when trying to run dd:
sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf] Unhandled sense code
sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf] Result: hostbyte=0x07 driverbyte=0x08
sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf] Sense Key : 0x4 [current]
sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf] ASC=0x0 ASCQ=0x0
sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf] CDB: cdb[0]=0x2a: 2a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00
lost page write due to I/O error on sdf
I don't know what to do at this point. Is the drive beyond hope? Do I need to try in Windows? I'd appreciate any help.

I had similar partitions on a couple of USB sticks I purchased a year or so back, I guess the sticks were formatted with Windows in mind.  I used parted to remove the screwy partitions:
parted /dev/sdf rm 1
parted /dev/sdf rm 2
(etc 'til all the partitions are removed)
Then create a new primary partition:
parted /dev/sdf mkpart primary ext2 0MB 4040
(where 4040 is the partition size you want in MB)
That's from memory, so check the syntax carefully! 

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