Re: Eliminating U3 System Stuff from SanDisk ruzer thumb drive

In article <1ijifau.1wdunv0s0e40yN%paul****hs@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
'tkosher.oink>,
 paul****hs@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
'tkosher.oink (Paul ****hs) wrote:

> AES <siegman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> > Is there a straightforward way to reformat a SanDick Cruzer 2 GB or
4GB
> > USB thumb drive to make it into a totally vanilla external USB volume
> > that can be read and written to on either Macs or PCs? 
> > 
> > That is, objective is to totally eliminate all the "U3" or whatever 
> > system stuff it is that shows up on a Mac or PC, including a separate
CD
> > volume that has to be ejected separately, in addition to the drive 
> > itself.
> > 
> > Can this be done on a Mac (OS 10.4.11)?  If, so what options to make
the
> > reformatted drive also readable on PCs?
> > 
> > Or does this have to be done on a PC?
> 
> Not trying to be rude, but there was a thread a few months ago covering
> this in detail.

A few months?  Things can change in that time.

Of course, this time they didn't, but that's a different matter.

-- 
Tom "Tom" Harrington
Independent Mac OS X developer since 2002
http://www.atomicbird.com/