Thanks Ben,
Plan to treat the new FDs the same way as the old one. I am not worried
about any warranty implications.....regarding what might be
pre-recorded..... :)
I suspect I am seeking info about this "U3" business.
Best,
Duncan
At 17:23 03/02/2008 -0500, you wrote:
If there's stuff on the drive that you don't want or need, then by all
means format it. It shouldn't be required to use the drive as a basic USB disk.
DHSinclair wrote:
I will soon receive several new USB 2GB flash drives (Crucial and
Corsair). They are all newest(?) technology, I believe. I suspect they
may arrive pre-formatted with "stuff" (programs) I may not wish or need
to use. Looking for the collectives thoughts here......... :)
Should I immediately re-format (erase) the new FD's upon delivery before
I start to use them?
I have been using a Crucial USB (v1.1) 256MB flash drive since Jan 2004.
It works completely as expected in the USB v2.0 environs of my current
clients. This FD is now essential to me in keeping my LAN clients
semi-neutral to on another, and, keeping critical data I choose NOT to
store on any of my clients.
I now depend on the FD more than the older floppy drives of old.
Unfortunately, I have NOT been able to completely walk away from the old
floppy drives yet. BIOS updates still seem to work better from a floppy
drive than from either a local (c:\) directory, or, from a Flash Drive.
But, I am still testing this function. In time, I believe the FD will
eventually kill off the old floppy drive; but, that is JMHO.
Best,
Duncan
