CDFS partition on Flash drive. . .

I recently bought one of these 4GB USB Flash Drives - it shows as a CD in my
filemanager. It had loads of quite useless 'utilities' on it that I know I
will never have any need for. I reformated the FAT32 drive as NTFS and
removed the remaining CDFS partition, but when I boot the next morning that
partition is automatically re-installed. Anybody know if I can delete such a
partition? Partition Manager does not allow it - alternatively, can I delete
it or take measures to have it not be re-installed like this?


Tony. . .

Carlos
Wed Jun 04 04:35:01 PDT 2008

Tony,
Have you tried the Disk Manager included in Windows?
Start, Run, diskmgmt.msc <ENTER>
I guess that destroying the partitions and creating them again with that
utility should be enough.
Carlos

"Tony Sperling" wrote:

> I recently bought one of these 4GB USB Flash Drives - it shows as a CD in my
> filemanager. It had loads of quite useless 'utilities' on it that I know I
> will never have any need for. I reformated the FAT32 drive as NTFS and
> removed the remaining CDFS partition, but when I boot the next morning that
> partition is automatically re-installed. Anybody know if I can delete such a
> partition? Partition Manager does not allow it - alternatively, can I delete
> it or take measures to have it not be re-installed like this?
>
>
> Tony. . .
>
>
>
>

Tony
Wed Jun 04 06:55:16 PDT 2008

Yes, I did. Apparently it doesn't like the idea of working with 'readonly'
material (which it must think that it is). Just now, I even tried having
Nero take a look at it - it does see the drive but when I ask it to erase a
disk (in the vague hope it would treat it as a RW) it only lists actual
CD/DVD drives as available to that option. It's not a big deal, and it's not
for the CD size700MB (1/6, almost) which is effectively lost, I could force
myself to accept that, if I didn't had to have it's futile presence in my
face all of the time.

On the other hand, I may feed it to Suse and let 'gPartEd' try out it's
appetite one day?


Tony. . .


"Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C66E7CA3-1F8E-4534-9F02-4D53E64365C8@microsoft.com...
> Tony,
> Have you tried the Disk Manager included in Windows?
> Start, Run, diskmgmt.msc <ENTER>
> I guess that destroying the partitions and creating them again with that
> utility should be enough.
> Carlos
>
> "Tony Sperling" wrote:
>
> > I recently bought one of these 4GB USB Flash Drives - it shows as a CD
in my
> > filemanager. It had loads of quite useless 'utilities' on it that I know
I
> > will never have any need for. I reformated the FAT32 drive as NTFS and
> > removed the remaining CDFS partition, but when I boot the next morning
that
> > partition is automatically re-installed. Anybody know if I can delete
such a
> > partition? Partition Manager does not allow it - alternatively, can I
delete
> > it or take measures to have it not be re-installed like this?
> >
> >
> > Tony. . .
> >
> >
> >
> >

Carlos
Wed Jun 04 07:04:01 PDT 2008

There are times when Linux seems to come to the rescue, ja!
You might try with one of those bootable distros and see what they can do
with your rogue USB drive partition.

On the other hand..., will there not be an issue of ownerships and obscure
rights that is preventing your attempts to attack that partition?

Carlos

"Tony Sperling" wrote:

> Yes, I did. Apparently it doesn't like the idea of working with 'readonly'
> material (which it must think that it is). Just now, I even tried having
> Nero take a look at it - it does see the drive but when I ask it to erase a
> disk (in the vague hope it would treat it as a RW) it only lists actual
> CD/DVD drives as available to that option. It's not a big deal, and it's not
> for the CD size700MB (1/6, almost) which is effectively lost, I could force
> myself to accept that, if I didn't had to have it's futile presence in my
> face all of the time.
>
> On the other hand, I may feed it to Suse and let 'gPartEd' try out it's
> appetite one day?
>
>
> Tony. . .
>
>
> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C66E7CA3-1F8E-4534-9F02-4D53E64365C8@microsoft.com...
> > Tony,
> > Have you tried the Disk Manager included in Windows?
> > Start, Run, diskmgmt.msc <ENTER>
> > I guess that destroying the partitions and creating them again with that
> > utility should be enough.
> > Carlos
> >
> > "Tony Sperling" wrote:
> >
> > > I recently bought one of these 4GB USB Flash Drives - it shows as a CD
> in my
> > > filemanager. It had loads of quite useless 'utilities' on it that I know
> I
> > > will never have any need for. I reformated the FAT32 drive as NTFS and
> > > removed the remaining CDFS partition, but when I boot the next morning
> that
> > > partition is automatically re-installed. Anybody know if I can delete
> such a
> > > partition? Partition Manager does not allow it - alternatively, can I
> delete
> > > it or take measures to have it not be re-installed like this?
> > >
> > >
> > > Tony. . .
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>

Tony
Wed Jun 04 07:50:15 PDT 2008

Hmm. . .I'm not sure I know what they would do with their ownership if I
threw the thing in the incinerator? Nor am I certain who a CDFS partition
would 'belong' to? [Sony/Philips?]

They shall be welcome to come knocking on the door!


Tony. . .

Carlos
Wed Jun 04 09:40:06 PDT 2008

I see you are in a good mood today, Tony.
By ownership I meant right-clicking, Properties and then going to the
Security tab in order to see who's the owner and whether you can change it to
good ol' Tony.
From there on you would be able to do what you wish... In theory, I mean!
:)
Carlos

"Tony Sperling" wrote:

> Hmm. . .I'm not sure I know what they would do with their ownership if I
> threw the thing in the incinerator? Nor am I certain who a CDFS partition
> would 'belong' to? [Sony/Philips?]
>
> They shall be welcome to come knocking on the door!
>
>
> Tony. . .
>
>
>
>

Tony
Wed Jun 04 11:45:45 PDT 2008

Ah, the 'Human Factor', Carlos. That is why IANAL (I am not a Lawyer)

Perhaps an indication that there is too much of Legal Issues surrounding
Windows in general? At least too much for me to remain uninfluenced and not
see EULA's everywhere: "If I cook the rice, is it O.K. in the legal sense to
eat them, or should I send the remains back?".

But you are right of course. I all ready noticed early on that they had been
doing their 'funny' stuff with the 'attributes', that's how I managed to
reformat the regular part of the drive. Now, after having Nero to look it
over, I ejected the CD part which has now become inaccessible and show no
capacity, except 22MB is actually missing from the Removable Drive part, and
the properties on the CD part does not appear - not even the attributes that
I changed earlier. Mysterious!!!

As it is, I would be happy if I could make it disappear and not reappear
when I reboot, so now I just removed it via 'Remove Hardware' wizard, where
it was listed twice, once as a diskdrive and once as a CD. It shall be
exciting to see what happens now.

Thanks, though - and please remember to treat me with some patience.


P.S.

I do have Suse 11.0 Beta as a dedicated installation on one machine, the old
64bit Asrock that I used to test XP x64 - this is probably the most 'good
looking' OS I have yet seen, I am still struggling with some of the aspects
of YAST and SAX and some other of the Suse specifics, and the RC is fresh
out and should have an awesome functionality too. The old 10.3 was a very
complete OS in my view.


Tony. . .

Carlos
Wed Jun 04 11:59:00 PDT 2008

Tony,
If you are on Suse, you might want to read this note then:
http://www.warp2search.net/contentteller/news_story/opensuse_11_rc1_the_mercedes_benz_to_ubuntus_volkswagen.html
It is RC1 time!

Carlos

"Tony Sperling" wrote:

> Ah, the 'Human Factor', Carlos. That is why IANAL (I am not a Lawyer)
>
> Perhaps an indication that there is too much of Legal Issues surrounding
> Windows in general? At least too much for me to remain uninfluenced and not
> see EULA's everywhere: "If I cook the rice, is it O.K. in the legal sense to
> eat them, or should I send the remains back?".
>
> But you are right of course. I all ready noticed early on that they had been
> doing their 'funny' stuff with the 'attributes', that's how I managed to
> reformat the regular part of the drive. Now, after having Nero to look it
> over, I ejected the CD part which has now become inaccessible and show no
> capacity, except 22MB is actually missing from the Removable Drive part, and
> the properties on the CD part does not appear - not even the attributes that
> I changed earlier. Mysterious!!!
>
> As it is, I would be happy if I could make it disappear and not reappear
> when I reboot, so now I just removed it via 'Remove Hardware' wizard, where
> it was listed twice, once as a diskdrive and once as a CD. It shall be
> exciting to see what happens now.
>
> Thanks, though - and please remember to treat me with some patience.
>
>
> P.S.
>
> I do have Suse 11.0 Beta as a dedicated installation on one machine, the old
> 64bit Asrock that I used to test XP x64 - this is probably the most 'good
> looking' OS I have yet seen, I am still struggling with some of the aspects
> of YAST and SAX and some other of the Suse specifics, and the RC is fresh
> out and should have an awesome functionality too. The old 10.3 was a very
> complete OS in my view.
>
>
> Tony. . .
>
>
>

Tony
Wed Jun 04 13:31:17 PDT 2008

Yes, I can only agree with the man. Actually, the only thing that is wrong
with OpenSuse, is that it's not a Software Distribution like Gentoo.

Gentoo is right down my ally, but alas, I didn't have the time to learn how
to install it. I tried 'Sabayon' for a long time, which is an installable
Gentoo-based system and I loved that wonderful venture but they turned out
to being intent on having to try out anything that was new - didn't matter
if it worked at all, only requirement was that it was the newest of the new
and every new bug-fixed version had all the experimental stuff in it too,
one half of which wouldn't run and the other half would crash something
else. This pushed me away since you would never end up with a single stable
version from which you could build your own. But I saw enough that I know it
will have to be a software distro. Soon now, my father is going to 'the
home' for proper care and me -I'm going on 60 and may not find a job
anymore, so I shall have time for all that now and I may end up building my
own software distro that'll integrate all the best little goodies - in
software - into a compact *.ISO. A 'Tonix' system, perhaps? Nah - I think
that one may be taken already.

OpenSuse is a community driven project with Novell employed people behind
the scenes, and this makes all the difference. These folk know what they are
doing and they are bent on delivering. And they have a really nice NG forum
too, much like we have.

;o)-


Tony. . .

Darrellg
Wed Jun 04 15:00:57 PDT 2008

Hello Tony,
Did you try diskpart to repartition the flash drive?
There should be more functionality in diskpart inlcuding clean to wipe the
drive is needed.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
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| >From: "Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk>
| >References: <e6uoq5ixIHA.2184@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>
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| >Subject: Re: CDFS partition on Flash drive. . .
| >Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 20:45:45 +0200
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| >Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general:17954
| >X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
| >
| >Ah, the 'Human Factor', Carlos. That is why IANAL (I am not a Lawyer)
| >
| >Perhaps an indication that there is too much of Legal Issues surrounding
| >Windows in general? At least too much for me to remain uninfluenced and
not
| >see EULA's everywhere: "If I cook the rice, is it O.K. in the legal
sense to
| >eat them, or should I send the remains back?".
| >
| >But you are right of course. I all ready noticed early on that they had
been
| >doing their 'funny' stuff with the 'attributes', that's how I managed to
| >reformat the regular part of the drive. Now, after having Nero to look it
| >over, I ejected the CD part which has now become inaccessible and show no
| >capacity, except 22MB is actually missing from the Removable Drive part,
and
| >the properties on the CD part does not appear - not even the attributes
that
| >I changed earlier. Mysterious!!!
| >
| >As it is, I would be happy if I could make it disappear and not reappear
| >when I reboot, so now I just removed it via 'Remove Hardware' wizard,
where
| >it was listed twice, once as a diskdrive and once as a CD. It shall be
| >exciting to see what happens now.
| >
| >Thanks, though - and please remember to treat me with some patience.
| >
| >
| >P.S.
| >
| >I do have Suse 11.0 Beta as a dedicated installation on one machine, the
old
| >64bit Asrock that I used to test XP x64 - this is probably the most 'good
| >looking' OS I have yet seen, I am still struggling with some of the
aspects
| >of YAST and SAX and some other of the Suse specifics, and the RC is fresh
| >out and should have an awesome functionality too. The old 10.3 was a very
| >complete OS in my view.
| >
| >
| >Tony. . .
| >
| >
| >

Tony
Wed Jun 04 16:24:00 PDT 2008

As of now, I have gone through all different methods of disconnecting it
that I know of and rebooting, but it keeps showing up again each time - I
confess, my XP is away for repairs and I'm on Win2K at the moment, but I
asked anyway because the problem is the same when the machine returns. I
don't assume FDISK will handle CDFS?


Tony. . .




""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" <Darrellg@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:616W35oxIHA.1788@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...
> Hello Tony,
> Did you try diskpart to repartition the flash drive?
> There should be more functionality in diskpart inlcuding clean to wipe the
> drive is needed.
> Thanks,
> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
> --------------------
> | >From: "Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk>
> | >References: <e6uoq5ixIHA.2184@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>
> <C66E7CA3-1F8E-4534-9F02-4D53E64365C8@microsoft.com>
> <ubEwNqkxIHA.5580@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>
> <37C81952-D5EC-4599-A754-5060614F63AD@microsoft.com>
> <uRFO6IlxIHA.4848@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>
> <771BD308-171E-41BB-A099-7E6F78EC9893@microsoft.com>
> | >Subject: Re: CDFS partition on Flash drive. . .
> | >Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 20:45:45 +0200
> | >Lines: 36
> | >X-Priority: 3
> | >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
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microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general:17954
> | >X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
> | >
> | >Ah, the 'Human Factor', Carlos. That is why IANAL (I am not a Lawyer)
> | >
> | >Perhaps an indication that there is too much of Legal Issues
surrounding
> | >Windows in general? At least too much for me to remain uninfluenced and
> not
> | >see EULA's everywhere: "If I cook the rice, is it O.K. in the legal
> sense to
> | >eat them, or should I send the remains back?".
> | >
> | >But you are right of course. I all ready noticed early on that they had
> been
> | >doing their 'funny' stuff with the 'attributes', that's how I managed
to
> | >reformat the regular part of the drive. Now, after having Nero to look
it
> | >over, I ejected the CD part which has now become inaccessible and show
no
> | >capacity, except 22MB is actually missing from the Removable Drive
part,
> and
> | >the properties on the CD part does not appear - not even the attributes
> that
> | >I changed earlier. Mysterious!!!
> | >
> | >As it is, I would be happy if I could make it disappear and not
reappear
> | >when I reboot, so now I just removed it via 'Remove Hardware' wizard,
> where
> | >it was listed twice, once as a diskdrive and once as a CD. It shall be
> | >exciting to see what happens now.
> | >
> | >Thanks, though - and please remember to treat me with some patience.
> | >
> | >
> | >P.S.
> | >
> | >I do have Suse 11.0 Beta as a dedicated installation on one machine,
the
> old
> | >64bit Asrock that I used to test XP x64 - this is probably the most
'good
> | >looking' OS I have yet seen, I am still struggling with some of the
> aspects
> | >of YAST and SAX and some other of the Suse specifics, and the RC is
fresh
> | >out and should have an awesome functionality too. The old 10.3 was a
very
> | >complete OS in my view.
> | >
> | >
> | >Tony. . .
> | >
> | >
> | >
>

Colin
Wed Jun 04 16:50:26 PDT 2008

Fdisk removes an existing partition and creates a new one. The previous
file system should not matter.

"Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk> wrote in message
news:eoDk$npxIHA.4500@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> As of now, I have gone through all different methods of disconnecting it
> that I know of and rebooting, but it keeps showing up again each time - I
> confess, my XP is away for repairs and I'm on Win2K at the moment, but I
> asked anyway because the problem is the same when the machine returns. I
> don't assume FDISK will handle CDFS?
>
>
> Tony. . .
>
>
>
>
> ""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" <Darrellg@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:616W35oxIHA.1788@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...
>> Hello Tony,
>> Did you try diskpart to repartition the flash drive?
>> There should be more functionality in diskpart inlcuding clean to wipe
>> the
>> drive is needed.
>> Thanks,
>> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
>>
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights
>> --------------------
>> | >From: "Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk>
>> | >References: <e6uoq5ixIHA.2184@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>
>> <C66E7CA3-1F8E-4534-9F02-4D53E64365C8@microsoft.com>
>> <ubEwNqkxIHA.5580@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>
>> <37C81952-D5EC-4599-A754-5060614F63AD@microsoft.com>
>> <uRFO6IlxIHA.4848@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>
>> <771BD308-171E-41BB-A099-7E6F78EC9893@microsoft.com>
>> | >Subject: Re: CDFS partition on Flash drive. . .
>> | >Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 20:45:45 +0200
>> | >Lines: 36
>> | >X-Priority: 3
>> | >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
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>> | >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1914
>> | >X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080604-1, 04-06-2008), Outbound message
>> | >X-Antivirus-Status: Clean
>> | >Message-ID: <#hflgMnxIHA.5832@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>
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>> | >Path: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl
>> | >Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl
> microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general:17954
>> | >X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
>> | >
>> | >Ah, the 'Human Factor', Carlos. That is why IANAL (I am not a Lawyer)
>> | >
>> | >Perhaps an indication that there is too much of Legal Issues
> surrounding
>> | >Windows in general? At least too much for me to remain uninfluenced
>> and
>> not
>> | >see EULA's everywhere: "If I cook the rice, is it O.K. in the legal
>> sense to
>> | >eat them, or should I send the remains back?".
>> | >
>> | >But you are right of course. I all ready noticed early on that they
>> had
>> been
>> | >doing their 'funny' stuff with the 'attributes', that's how I managed
> to
>> | >reformat the regular part of the drive. Now, after having Nero to look
> it
>> | >over, I ejected the CD part which has now become inaccessible and show
> no
>> | >capacity, except 22MB is actually missing from the Removable Drive
> part,
>> and
>> | >the properties on the CD part does not appear - not even the
>> attributes
>> that
>> | >I changed earlier. Mysterious!!!
>> | >
>> | >As it is, I would be happy if I could make it disappear and not
> reappear
>> | >when I reboot, so now I just removed it via 'Remove Hardware' wizard,
>> where
>> | >it was listed twice, once as a diskdrive and once as a CD. It shall be
>> | >exciting to see what happens now.
>> | >
>> | >Thanks, though - and please remember to treat me with some patience.
>> | >
>> | >
>> | >P.S.
>> | >
>> | >I do have Suse 11.0 Beta as a dedicated installation on one machine,
> the
>> old
>> | >64bit Asrock that I used to test XP x64 - this is probably the most
> 'good
>> | >looking' OS I have yet seen, I am still struggling with some of the
>> aspects
>> | >of YAST and SAX and some other of the Suse specifics, and the RC is
> fresh
>> | >out and should have an awesome functionality too. The old 10.3 was a
> very
>> | >complete OS in my view.
>> | >
>> | >
>> | >Tony. . .
>> | >
>> | >
>> | >
>>
>
>

Tony
Wed Jun 04 17:10:08 PDT 2008

Wow! I thought I knew my DOS, but the logic of your argument surprise me,
Colin. Thanks, I'll try it immediately!


Tony. . .


---
You can never have too many options!
---


"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:B1103A0D-AEB9-4D09-9423-621CF78E2987@microsoft.com...
> Fdisk removes an existing partition and creates a new one. The previous
> file system should not matter.
>
> "Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk> wrote in message
> news:eoDk$npxIHA.4500@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > As of now, I have gone through all different methods of disconnecting it
> > that I know of and rebooting, but it keeps showing up again each time -
I
> > confess, my XP is away for repairs and I'm on Win2K at the moment, but I
> > asked anyway because the problem is the same when the machine returns. I
> > don't assume FDISK will handle CDFS?
> >
> >
> > Tony. . .
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" <Darrellg@online.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
> > news:616W35oxIHA.1788@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...
> >> Hello Tony,
> >> Did you try diskpart to repartition the flash drive?
> >> There should be more functionality in diskpart inlcuding clean to wipe
> >> the
> >> drive is needed.
> >> Thanks,
> >> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
> >>
> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> >> rights
> >> --------------------
> >> | >From: "Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk>
> >> | >References: <e6uoq5ixIHA.2184@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>
> >> <C66E7CA3-1F8E-4534-9F02-4D53E64365C8@microsoft.com>
> >> <ubEwNqkxIHA.5580@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>
> >> <37C81952-D5EC-4599-A754-5060614F63AD@microsoft.com>
> >> <uRFO6IlxIHA.4848@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>
> >> <771BD308-171E-41BB-A099-7E6F78EC9893@microsoft.com>
> >> | >Subject: Re: CDFS partition on Flash drive. . .
> >> | >Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 20:45:45 +0200
> >> | >Lines: 36
> >> | >X-Priority: 3
> >> | >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
> >> | >X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1914
> >> | >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1914
> >> | >X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080604-1, 04-06-2008), Outbound message
> >> | >X-Antivirus-Status: Clean
> >> | >Message-ID: <#hflgMnxIHA.5832@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>
> >> | >Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
> >> | >NNTP-Posting-Host: 1385155113.dhcp.dbnet.dk 82.143.202.41
> >> | >Path:
TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl
> >> | >Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl
> > microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general:17954
> >> | >X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
> >> | >
> >> | >Ah, the 'Human Factor', Carlos. That is why IANAL (I am not a
Lawyer)
> >> | >
> >> | >Perhaps an indication that there is too much of Legal Issues
> > surrounding
> >> | >Windows in general? At least too much for me to remain uninfluenced
> >> and
> >> not
> >> | >see EULA's everywhere: "If I cook the rice, is it O.K. in the legal
> >> sense to
> >> | >eat them, or should I send the remains back?".
> >> | >
> >> | >But you are right of course. I all ready noticed early on that they
> >> had
> >> been
> >> | >doing their 'funny' stuff with the 'attributes', that's how I
managed
> > to
> >> | >reformat the regular part of the drive. Now, after having Nero to
look
> > it
> >> | >over, I ejected the CD part which has now become inaccessible and
show
> > no
> >> | >capacity, except 22MB is actually missing from the Removable Drive
> > part,
> >> and
> >> | >the properties on the CD part does not appear - not even the
> >> attributes
> >> that
> >> | >I changed earlier. Mysterious!!!
> >> | >
> >> | >As it is, I would be happy if I could make it disappear and not
> > reappear
> >> | >when I reboot, so now I just removed it via 'Remove Hardware'
wizard,
> >> where
> >> | >it was listed twice, once as a diskdrive and once as a CD. It shall
be
> >> | >exciting to see what happens now.
> >> | >
> >> | >Thanks, though - and please remember to treat me with some patience.
> >> | >
> >> | >
> >> | >P.S.
> >> | >
> >> | >I do have Suse 11.0 Beta as a dedicated installation on one machine,
> > the
> >> old
> >> | >64bit Asrock that I used to test XP x64 - this is probably the most
> > 'good
> >> | >looking' OS I have yet seen, I am still struggling with some of the
> >> aspects
> >> | >of YAST and SAX and some other of the Suse specifics, and the RC is
> > fresh
> >> | >out and should have an awesome functionality too. The old 10.3 was a
> > very
> >> | >complete OS in my view.
> >> | >
> >> | >
> >> | >Tony. . .
> >> | >
> >> | >
> >> | >
> >>
> >
> >
>

Carlos
Wed Jun 04 19:36:01 PDT 2008

C'mon, Tony!
It is almost midnight here and I cannot sleep without knowing the solution
to your problem!
:)
Carlos
(Watching soccer game between Boca Juniors and Fluminense)

"Tony Sperling" wrote:

> Wow! I thought I knew my DOS, but the logic of your argument surprise me,
> Colin. Thanks, I'll try it immediately!
>
>
> Tony. . .
>
>
> ---
> You can never have too many options!
> ---
>
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:B1103A0D-AEB9-4D09-9423-621CF78E2987@microsoft.com...
> > Fdisk removes an existing partition and creates a new one. The previous
> > file system should not matter.
> >
> > "Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk> wrote in message
> > news:eoDk$npxIHA.4500@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > > As of now, I have gone through all different methods of disconnecting it
> > > that I know of and rebooting, but it keeps showing up again each time -
> I
> > > confess, my XP is away for repairs and I'm on Win2K at the moment, but I
> > > asked anyway because the problem is the same when the machine returns. I
> > > don't assume FDISK will handle CDFS?
> > >
> > >
> > > Tony. . .
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" <Darrellg@online.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> > > news:616W35oxIHA.1788@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...
> > >> Hello Tony,
> > >> Did you try diskpart to repartition the flash drive?
> > >> There should be more functionality in diskpart inlcuding clean to wipe
> > >> the
> > >> drive is needed.
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
> > >>
> > >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> > >> rights
> > >> --------------------
> > >> | >From: "Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk>
> > >> | >References: <e6uoq5ixIHA.2184@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>
> > >> <C66E7CA3-1F8E-4534-9F02-4D53E64365C8@microsoft.com>
> > >> <ubEwNqkxIHA.5580@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>
> > >> <37C81952-D5EC-4599-A754-5060614F63AD@microsoft.com>
> > >> <uRFO6IlxIHA.4848@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>
> > >> <771BD308-171E-41BB-A099-7E6F78EC9893@microsoft.com>
> > >> | >Subject: Re: CDFS partition on Flash drive. . .
> > >> | >Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 20:45:45 +0200
> > >> | >Lines: 36
> > >> | >X-Priority: 3
> > >> | >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
> > >> | >X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1914
> > >> | >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1914
> > >> | >X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080604-1, 04-06-2008), Outbound message
> > >> | >X-Antivirus-Status: Clean
> > >> | >Message-ID: <#hflgMnxIHA.5832@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>
> > >> | >Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
> > >> | >NNTP-Posting-Host: 1385155113.dhcp.dbnet.dk 82.143.202.41
> > >> | >Path:
> TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl
> > >> | >Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl
> > > microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general:17954
> > >> | >X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
> > >> | >
> > >> | >Ah, the 'Human Factor', Carlos. That is why IANAL (I am not a
> Lawyer)
> > >> | >
> > >> | >Perhaps an indication that there is too much of Legal Issues
> > > surrounding
> > >> | >Windows in general? At least too much for me to remain uninfluenced
> > >> and
> > >> not
> > >> | >see EULA's everywhere: "If I cook the rice, is it O.K. in the legal
> > >> sense to
> > >> | >eat them, or should I send the remains back?".
> > >> | >
> > >> | >But you are right of course. I all ready noticed early on that they
> > >> had
> > >> been
> > >> | >doing their 'funny' stuff with the 'attributes', that's how I
> managed
> > > to
> > >> | >reformat the regular part of the drive. Now, after having Nero to
> look
> > > it
> > >> | >over, I ejected the CD part which has now become inaccessible and
> show
> > > no
> > >> | >capacity, except 22MB is actually missing from the Removable Drive
> > > part,
> > >> and
> > >> | >the properties on the CD part does not appear - not even the
> > >> attributes
> > >> that
> > >> | >I changed earlier. Mysterious!!!
> > >> | >
> > >> | >As it is, I would be happy if I could make it disappear and not
> > > reappear
> > >> | >when I reboot, so now I just removed it via 'Remove Hardware'
> wizard,
> > >> where
> > >> | >it was listed twice, once as a diskdrive and once as a CD. It shall
> be
> > >> | >exciting to see what happens now.
> > >> | >
> > >> | >Thanks, though - and please remember to treat me with some patience.
> > >> | >
> > >> | >
> > >> | >P.S.
> > >> | >
> > >> | >I do have Suse 11.0 Beta as a dedicated installation on one machine,
> > > the
> > >> old
> > >> | >64bit Asrock that I used to test XP x64 - this is probably the most
> > > 'good
> > >> | >looking' OS I have yet seen, I am still struggling with some of the
> > >> aspects
> > >> | >of YAST and SAX and some other of the Suse specifics, and the RC is
> > > fresh
> > >> | >out and should have an awesome functionality too. The old 10.3 was a
> > > very
> > >> | >complete OS in my view.
> > >> | >
> > >> | >
> > >> | >Tony. . .
> > >> | >
> > >> | >
> > >> | >
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>

Robert
Wed Jun 04 19:49:45 PDT 2008

What brand is the flash disk? If it is a Sandisk and the utilities you speak
of are the U3 suite then sandisk provides a utility on their website for
removing the U3 programs and partition. This will allow you to convert it
back to a regular usb stick.
HTH
Robert

"Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk> wrote in message
news:e6uoq5ixIHA.2184@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I recently bought one of these 4GB USB Flash Drives - it shows as a CD in
>my
> filemanager. It had loads of quite useless 'utilities' on it that I know I
> will never have any need for. I reformated the FAT32 drive as NTFS and
> removed the remaining CDFS partition, but when I boot the next morning
> that
> partition is automatically re-installed. Anybody know if I can delete such
> a
> partition? Partition Manager does not allow it - alternatively, can I
> delete
> it or take measures to have it not be re-installed like this?
>
>
> Tony. . .
>
>
>

Tony
Thu Jun 05 01:11:53 PDT 2008

GG, Robert - this looks like it solves the matter in one single blow! It is
a Sandisk, indeed, and I was rummaging my drawers for those old bootable
floppies - thanks so much for your apt intervention!


Tony. . .



"Robert McMillan" <rmcmillan@bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:OiiIebrxIHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> What brand is the flash disk? If it is a Sandisk and the utilities you
speak
> of are the U3 suite then sandisk provides a utility on their website for
> removing the U3 programs and partition. This will allow you to convert it
> back to a regular usb stick.
> HTH
> Robert
>
> "Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk> wrote in message
> news:e6uoq5ixIHA.2184@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >I recently bought one of these 4GB USB Flash Drives - it shows as a CD in
> >my
> > filemanager. It had loads of quite useless 'utilities' on it that I know
I
> > will never have any need for. I reformated the FAT32 drive as NTFS and
> > removed the remaining CDFS partition, but when I boot the next morning
> > that
> > partition is automatically re-installed. Anybody know if I can delete
such
> > a
> > partition? Partition Manager does not allow it - alternatively, can I
> > delete
> > it or take measures to have it not be re-installed like this?
> >
> >
> > Tony. . .
> >
> >
> >
>

Robert
Thu Jun 05 03:41:23 PDT 2008

Glad I could help. Here is a link incase anyone else was interested.
U3 Launchpad Removal Tool
http://www.sandisk.com/retail/default.aspx?catid=1415

Robert

"Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk> wrote in message
news:upT39OuxIHA.5288@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> GG, Robert - this looks like it solves the matter in one single blow! It
> is
> a Sandisk, indeed, and I was rummaging my drawers for those old bootable
> floppies - thanks so much for your apt intervention!
>
>
> Tony. . .
>
>
>
> "Robert McMillan" <rmcmillan@bigpond.com> wrote in message
> news:OiiIebrxIHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> What brand is the flash disk? If it is a Sandisk and the utilities you
> speak
>> of are the U3 suite then sandisk provides a utility on their website for
>> removing the U3 programs and partition. This will allow you to convert it
>> back to a regular usb stick.
>> HTH
>> Robert
>>
>> "Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk> wrote in message
>> news:e6uoq5ixIHA.2184@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> >I recently bought one of these 4GB USB Flash Drives - it shows as a CD
>> >in
>> >my
>> > filemanager. It had loads of quite useless 'utilities' on it that I
>> > know
> I
>> > will never have any need for. I reformated the FAT32 drive as NTFS and
>> > removed the remaining CDFS partition, but when I boot the next morning
>> > that
>> > partition is automatically re-installed. Anybody know if I can delete
> such
>> > a
>> > partition? Partition Manager does not allow it - alternatively, can I
>> > delete
>> > it or take measures to have it not be re-installed like this?
>> >
>> >
>> > Tony. . .
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>
>

Tony
Thu Jun 05 16:45:48 PDT 2008

Thanks a lot, Robert. Initially, because of my useless 'fiddling', I had
managed to block myself from accessing the drive - that is sorted now. I
downloaded the utility, started the Launchpad and every bit of the annoying
extras disappeared in seconds.

Couldn't be any easier! And Carlos - you can go to sleep now!


Tony. . .


"Robert McMillan" <rmcmillan@bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:%23US$0ivxIHA.2068@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Glad I could help. Here is a link incase anyone else was interested.
> U3 Launchpad Removal Tool
> http://www.sandisk.com/retail/default.aspx?catid=1415
>
> Robert
>
> "Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk> wrote in message
> news:upT39OuxIHA.5288@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > GG, Robert - this looks like it solves the matter in one single blow! It
> > is
> > a Sandisk, indeed, and I was rummaging my drawers for those old bootable
> > floppies - thanks so much for your apt intervention!
> >
> >
> > Tony. . .
> >
> >
> >
> > "Robert McMillan" <rmcmillan@bigpond.com> wrote in message
> > news:OiiIebrxIHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >> What brand is the flash disk? If it is a Sandisk and the utilities you
> > speak
> >> of are the U3 suite then sandisk provides a utility on their website
for
> >> removing the U3 programs and partition. This will allow you to convert
it
> >> back to a regular usb stick.
> >> HTH
> >> Robert
> >>
> >> "Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk> wrote in message
> >> news:e6uoq5ixIHA.2184@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >> >I recently bought one of these 4GB USB Flash Drives - it shows as a CD
> >> >in
> >> >my
> >> > filemanager. It had loads of quite useless 'utilities' on it that I
> >> > know
> > I
> >> > will never have any need for. I reformated the FAT32 drive as NTFS
and
> >> > removed the remaining CDFS partition, but when I boot the next
morning
> >> > that
> >> > partition is automatically re-installed. Anybody know if I can delete
> > such
> >> > a
> >> > partition? Partition Manager does not allow it - alternatively, can I
> >> > delete
> >> > it or take measures to have it not be re-installed like this?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Tony. . .
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
>

Carlos
Thu Jun 05 17:38:01 PDT 2008

I'm working on that.
I have just drank a glass of "mamajuana", a drink from Dominican Republic,
which I sinthesized home by mixing a bag of strange vegetables I bought there
together with a bottle of rhum ("ron").
Hic, hic, hic!
Time to hit the sack.
Hic, hic, hic...

:-S
Carlos

"Tony Sperling" wrote:

> Thanks a lot, Robert. Initially, because of my useless 'fiddling', I had
> managed to block myself from accessing the drive - that is sorted now. I
> downloaded the utility, started the Launchpad and every bit of the annoying
> extras disappeared in seconds.
>
> Couldn't be any easier! And Carlos - you can go to sleep now!
>
>
> Tony. . .
>
>
> "Robert McMillan" <rmcmillan@bigpond.com> wrote in message
> news:%23US$0ivxIHA.2068@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > Glad I could help. Here is a link incase anyone else was interested.
> > U3 Launchpad Removal Tool
> > http://www.sandisk.com/retail/default.aspx?catid=1415
> >
> > Robert
> >
> > "Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk> wrote in message
> > news:upT39OuxIHA.5288@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > > GG, Robert - this looks like it solves the matter in one single blow! It
> > > is
> > > a Sandisk, indeed, and I was rummaging my drawers for those old bootable
> > > floppies - thanks so much for your apt intervention!
> > >
> > >
> > > Tony. . .
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Robert McMillan" <rmcmillan@bigpond.com> wrote in message
> > > news:OiiIebrxIHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > >> What brand is the flash disk? If it is a Sandisk and the utilities you
> > > speak
> > >> of are the U3 suite then sandisk provides a utility on their website
> for
> > >> removing the U3 programs and partition. This will allow you to convert
> it
> > >> back to a regular usb stick.
> > >> HTH
> > >> Robert
> > >>
> > >> "Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk> wrote in message
> > >> news:e6uoq5ixIHA.2184@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> > >> >I recently bought one of these 4GB USB Flash Drives - it shows as a CD
> > >> >in
> > >> >my
> > >> > filemanager. It had loads of quite useless 'utilities' on it that I
> > >> > know
> > > I
> > >> > will never have any need for. I reformated the FAT32 drive as NTFS
> and
> > >> > removed the remaining CDFS partition, but when I boot the next
> morning
> > >> > that
> > >> > partition is automatically re-installed. Anybody know if I can delete
> > > such
> > >> > a
> > >> > partition? Partition Manager does not allow it - alternatively, can I
> > >> > delete
> > >> > it or take measures to have it not be re-installed like this?
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Tony. . .
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>

Tony
Thu Jun 05 18:32:42 PDT 2008

That's right, stick to mother nature, and sleep well!


Tony. . .



"Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:77B772F7-E2F3-45A9-90D6-958906063100@microsoft.com...
> I'm working on that.
> I have just drank a glass of "mamajuana", a drink from Dominican Republic,
> which I sinthesized home by mixing a bag of strange vegetables I bought
there
> together with a bottle of rhum ("ron").
> Hic, hic, hic!
> Time to hit the sack.
> Hic, hic, hic...
>
> :-S
> Carlos
>
> "Tony Sperling" wrote:
>
> > Thanks a lot, Robert. Initially, because of my useless 'fiddling', I had
> > managed to block myself from accessing the drive - that is sorted now. I
> > downloaded the utility, started the Launchpad and every bit of the
annoying
> > extras disappeared in seconds.
> >
> > Couldn't be any easier! And Carlos - you can go to sleep now!
> >
> >
> > Tony. . .
> >
> >
> > "Robert McMillan" <rmcmillan@bigpond.com> wrote in message
> > news:%23US$0ivxIHA.2068@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > > Glad I could help. Here is a link incase anyone else was interested.
> > > U3 Launchpad Removal Tool
> > > http://www.sandisk.com/retail/default.aspx?catid=1415
> > >
> > > Robert
> > >
> > > "Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk> wrote in message
> > > news:upT39OuxIHA.5288@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > > > GG, Robert - this looks like it solves the matter in one single
blow! It
> > > > is
> > > > a Sandisk, indeed, and I was rummaging my drawers for those old
bootable
> > > > floppies - thanks so much for your apt intervention!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Tony. . .
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Robert McMillan" <rmcmillan@bigpond.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:OiiIebrxIHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > > >> What brand is the flash disk? If it is a Sandisk and the utilities
you
> > > > speak
> > > >> of are the U3 suite then sandisk provides a utility on their
website
> > for
> > > >> removing the U3 programs and partition. This will allow you to
convert
> > it
> > > >> back to a regular usb stick.
> > > >> HTH
> > > >> Robert
> > > >>
> > > >> "Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk> wrote in message
> > > >> news:e6uoq5ixIHA.2184@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> > > >> >I recently bought one of these 4GB USB Flash Drives - it shows as
a CD
> > > >> >in
> > > >> >my
> > > >> > filemanager. It had loads of quite useless 'utilities' on it that
I
> > > >> > know
> > > > I
> > > >> > will never have any need for. I reformated the FAT32 drive as
NTFS
> > and
> > > >> > removed the remaining CDFS partition, but when I boot the next
> > morning
> > > >> > that
> > > >> > partition is automatically re-installed. Anybody know if I can
delete
> > > > such
> > > >> > a
> > > >> > partition? Partition Manager does not allow it - alternatively,
can I
> > > >> > delete
> > > >> > it or take measures to have it not be re-installed like this?
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Tony. . .
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >

Mort
Fri Jun 20 19:18:00 PDT 2008

Tony & other similar victims,

Your experience is identical to mine. You too have been fleeced by the
corrupt business practices of the flash manufacturer. Since the situation is
so similar to mine, I am going to mention the company, it is SanDisk and the
drive is U3 type. The minor difference between us is that in my case it is a
friendâ??s drive and I am handling this situation.
Even though the small partition is a small fraction of the total, this is
fraud! The dishonest manufacturer does not deliver the memory capacity you
paid for.

My approach was to write a very nasty letter to the companyâ??s CEO (see below
for the name and address) and accused them for fraud and demanded corrective
action. Within a few days, one of their people contacted me and informed
that I can not repartition the drive. The scheme they use is to make the
small partition appear as a CD, file system is CDFS. Attempting to
re-partition may render the entire drive â?? dead. I informed them that unless
the problem is corrected, I will publicize it by writing to magazines,
calling radio talk shows (computer related) etc. â??As the saying the pen is
mightier than the swordâ??. I lieu of a pen I used a word processor and fought
them back. THEY ARE CROOKS!
The bottom line is that they sent me a replacement drive, one partition and
no crap on it. Very likely SanDisk is paid to embed the promotional crap on
the drive, while the users are cheated by not having the memory capacity they
paid for. I strongly urge every VICTIM to write to the companyâ??s CEO. If
anyone would like to have a copy of my letter, I would be glad to email it.
It is Microsoft Word format. These crooks must be made aware that they must
practice HONEST marketing. There is strength in numbers.

The CEO and address: Mr. Eli Harari, CEO
SanDisk Corporation
601 McCarthy Blvd
Milpitas, Ca. 95035

If you would like a copy of my letter, please contact me at:
marditti60@hotmail.com

I hope this helps

Mort


"Tony Sperling" wrote:

> I recently bought one of these 4GB USB Flash Drives - it shows as a CD in my
> filemanager. It had loads of quite useless 'utilities' on it that I know I
> will never have any need for. I reformated the FAT32 drive as NTFS and
> removed the remaining CDFS partition, but when I boot the next morning that
> partition is automatically re-installed. Anybody know if I can delete such a
> partition? Partition Manager does not allow it - alternatively, can I delete
> it or take measures to have it not be re-installed like this?
>
>
> Tony. . .
>
>
>
>

Bill
Fri Jun 20 21:22:36 PDT 2008

Got the same thing on a 320GB Acomdata USB hard drive. The CDFS partition
is 120MB and contains a worthless backup utility and other crap. It was
advertised as such (Hybrid Drive) so I guess I have no recourse. Still, I
don't like it and wish I could remove the CDFS partition, but a readme on
the partition states it is impossible.

BullDawg

"Mort Arditti" <Mort Arditti@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1EF26880-C0B5-4B74-83E8-B3D0C2EB1161@microsoft.com...
> Tony & other similar victims,
>
> Your experience is identical to mine. You too have been fleeced by the
> corrupt business practices of the flash manufacturer. Since the situation
> is
> so similar to mine, I am going to mention the company, it is SanDisk and
> the
> drive is U3 type. The minor difference between us is that in my case it
> is a
> friend¡¯s drive and I am handling this situation.
> Even though the small partition is a small fraction of the total, this is
> fraud! The dishonest manufacturer does not deliver the memory capacity
> you
> paid for.
>
> My approach was to write a very nasty letter to the company¡¯s CEO (see
> below
> for the name and address) and accused them for fraud and demanded
> corrective
> action. Within a few days, one of their people contacted me and informed
> that I can not repartition the drive. The scheme they use is to make the
> small partition appear as a CD, file system is CDFS. Attempting to
> re-partition may render the entire drive ? dead. I informed them that
> unless
> the problem is corrected, I will publicize it by writing to magazines,
> calling radio talk shows (computer related) etc. ¡°As the saying the pen
> is
> mightier than the sword¡±. I lieu of a pen I used a word processor and
> fought
> them back. THEY ARE CROOKS!
> The bottom line is that they sent me a replacement drive, one partition
> and
> no crap on it. Very likely SanDisk is paid to embed the promotional crap
> on
> the drive, while the users are cheated by not having the memory capacity
> they
> paid for. I strongly urge every VICTIM to write to the company¡¯s CEO.
> If
> anyone would like to have a copy of my letter, I would be glad to email
> it.
> It is Microsoft Word format. These crooks must be made aware that they
> must
> practice HONEST marketing. There is strength in numbers.
>
> The CEO and address: Mr. Eli Harari, CEO
> SanDisk Corporation
> 601 McCarthy Blvd
> Milpitas, Ca. 95035
>
> If you would like a copy of my letter, please contact me at:
> marditti60@hotmail.com
>
> I hope this helps
>
> Mort
>
>
> "Tony Sperling" wrote:
>
>> I recently bought one of these 4GB USB Flash Drives - it shows as a CD in
>> my
>> filemanager. It had loads of quite useless 'utilities' on it that I know
>> I
>> will never have any need for. I reformated the FAT32 drive as NTFS and
>> removed the remaining CDFS partition, but when I boot the next morning
>> that
>> partition is automatically re-installed. Anybody know if I can delete
>> such a
>> partition? Partition Manager does not allow