Some time ago I bought a 2GB USB memory stick /thumb drive / flash drive from Micro Center, and it was a plain 2GB flash memory drive that just worked. Just what I wanted.
Today I bought another one. The case is a different color and slightly different configuration -- not a problem. The device has "U3" pre-installed on it -- i.e., it has an autorun.inf file and a LaunchU3.exe file that is called and presumably installs drivers and such on my computer from files in a Launchpad.zip file on the flash drive. I don't want the U3, but I don't seem to be able to just erase it. The device mounts as a 4 MB (MB, yes, not GB) "CDFS" which presumably means "compact disc file system" which is read-only. It mouts this way even though I "disabled" autorun.inf by holding down the shift key while the drive mounted. If I launch disk manager, the device shows up as a 4MB CD drive (CD drive #3, after the two "conventional" CD/DVD-RW drives that I have attached to the second IDE cable), and no format facility of the Win2K diskmanager will recognize the 2GB capacity and format it as a simple drive. The device has the Micro Center "house" label. Is anyone aware of a software utility that will reformat the device as a simple FAT-32 flash memory drive? I not only don't care for the U3 "features," I don't want to load up my system with any more drivers. Many thanks, Fred Holmes ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
