On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 10:36:50AM -0500, L. V. Lammert wrote: > At 08:52 AM 9/11/2007 -0600, Mark Zimmerman wrote: > > > > Here's a link to the removal page from U3: > > > > > > > > http://www.u3.com/uninstall/ > > > > > > ah, thanks for the link. > > > > > > > Is it possible to remove it with fdisk/disklabel/newfs_msdos, or is it > > more insidious than that? > > > > -- Mark > > > Last time I tried to disklabel a U3 drive, it trashed it. Might have been an > error in procedure, but the removal is pretty quick (assuming you have a > Windoze machine available). The only trick I found is to start the remove > utility at the exact same time you insert the USB drive, which prevents it > from trying to install it's garbage. (The utility will not start unless the > stick is installed, however if you install the stick before running the > remove you risk trashing the machine.) >
Thanks for the warning. For me, since I have no Windows machine, this translates into: 1. Never buy a U3 drive. 2. Continue to never have a Windows machine. -- Mark
