Fred Moore <fmoore@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article <jollyroger-6E3AB1.10121004072008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > In article <siegman-DB2A83.08071904072008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> > AES <siegman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > I guess I'm still hoping that since this gadget presumably contains
only
> > > a purely passive memory card, there must be some brute force way
even on
> > > a Mac to use Disk Utility or ??? to totally erase the entire unit
down
> > > to bare or empty memory and reformat that memory . . . or is the
"U3"
> > > stuff in some kind of separate chip that can't be erased?
>
> So far as I know, and I have done some research as well as personal
> experimentation with these U3 devices, there is no way to clear them via
> the Mac OS. You have to take them to a D'Ohs machine and run the
> mentioned uninstaller.
>
> Microcenter is selling these at very attractive prices: 1,2,4,8,16GB for
> $7,9,14,25,50 respectively, with a nominal lifetime guarantee. Last I
> looked U3 was installed on the 4GB and up. Wherever you buy these they
> surely will have a D'Ohs machine onsite and _should_ have the
> uninstaller available. Before you buy them ask if they will clear the U3
> stuff. If not, buy from someone else.
>
> > Could it be it uses some custom hardware configuration that strays
> > enough from the standard USB specifications (in order to save money on
> > production costs) that it requires custom drivers to work rather than
> > relying on standard USB drivers in most computers?
>
> As far as I can tell, these drive use the standard USB driver, unless
> they load something special into RAM when they mount. You can delete
> some of the U3 info, but not the core read-only partition which contains
> the encoding executables. I have to say I'm impressed that SanDisk has
> made that partition so resistant to alteration, though it's yet another
> unnecessary D'Ohs PITA for Mac users.
>
> --Fred
At the risk of appearing to be a Neanderthal, what's a D'O?
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