Re: CDFS partition on Flash drive. . .
Wow! I thought I knew my DOS, but the logic of your argument surprise me,
Colin. Thanks, I'll try it immediately!
Tony. . .
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You can never have too many options!
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"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> 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
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> >> | >From: "Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk>
> >> | >References: <e6uoq5ixIHA.2184@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>
> >> <C66E7CA3-1F8E-4534-9F02-4D53E64365C8@microsoft.com>
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> >> <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. . .
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> >> | >
> >> | >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. . .
> >> | >
> >> | >
> >> | >
> >>
> >
> >
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