Eliminating U3 System Stuff from SanDisk ruzer thumb drive
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From: AES on 3 Jul 2008 14:26 Is there a straightforward way to reformat a SanDick Cruzer 2 GB or 4GB USB thumb drive to make it into a totally vanilla external USB volume that can be read and written to on either Macs or PCs? That is, objective is to totally eliminate all the "U3" or whatever system stuff it is that shows up on a Mac or PC, including a separate CD volume that has to be ejected separately, in addition to the drive itself. Can this be done on a Mac (OS 10.4.11)? If, so what options to make the reformatted drive also readable on PCs? Or does this have to be done on a PC?
From: anonrob on 3 Jul 2008 15:03 I has to be done on a PC using the uninstaller that comes on the drive or is downloaded from the SanDisk site
From: Paul Fuchs on 3 Jul 2008 16:05 AES <siegman(a)stanford.edu> wrote: > Is there a straightforward way to reformat a SanDick Cruzer 2 GB or 4GB > USB thumb drive to make it into a totally vanilla external USB volume > that can be read and written to on either Macs or PCs? > > That is, objective is to totally eliminate all the "U3" or whatever > system stuff it is that shows up on a Mac or PC, including a separate CD > volume that has to be ejected separately, in addition to the drive > itself. > > Can this be done on a Mac (OS 10.4.11)? If, so what options to make the > reformatted drive also readable on PCs? > > Or does this have to be done on a PC? Not trying to be rude, but there was a thread a few months ago covering this in detail. -- Never believe anything until it's officially denied.
From: Tom Harrington on 3 Jul 2008 17:04 In article <1ijifau.1wdunv0s0e40yN%paulfuchs(a)porkain'tkosher.oink>, paulfuchs(a)porkain'tkosher.oink (Paul Fuchs) wrote: > AES <siegman(a)stanford.edu> wrote: > > > Is there a straightforward way to reformat a SanDick Cruzer 2 GB or 4GB > > USB thumb drive to make it into a totally vanilla external USB volume > > that can be read and written to on either Macs or PCs? > > > > That is, objective is to totally eliminate all the "U3" or whatever > > system stuff it is that shows up on a Mac or PC, including a separate CD > > volume that has to be ejected separately, in addition to the drive > > itself. > > > > Can this be done on a Mac (OS 10.4.11)? If, so what options to make the > > reformatted drive also readable on PCs? > > > > Or does this have to be done on a PC? > > Not trying to be rude, but there was a thread a few months ago covering > this in detail. A few months? Things can change in that time. Of course, this time they didn't, but that's a different matter. -- Tom "Tom" Harrington Independent Mac OS X developer since 2002 http://www.atomicbird.com/
From: Mike Rosenberg on 3 Jul 2008 20:11
Paul Fuchs <paulfuchs(a)porkain'tkosher.oink> wrote: > Not trying to be rude, but there was a thread a few months ago covering > this in detail. You mean this thread? http://preview.tinyurl.com/62cxew It was a long time ago, over 5 weeks, and he may never have even read it. ;-) -- I kill Google Groups posts. See http://improve-usenet.org for details. <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/greet.cgi> Holiday cards with attitude |