Re: How to eliminate U3 System Stuff from SanDisk ruzer thumb drive

In article <jollyroger-21F7E7.09355307072008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 Jolly Roger <jollyroger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article <jollyroger-17654C.09330407072008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > In article <huntm-762909.07284807072008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> >  Mike <huntm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > As a Mac user with no access to a windows machine, how do I get rid
of 
> > > it?
> > 
> > Throw it in the nearest trash can?
> 
> Seriously, though, I have a couple Lexar JumpDrive USB thumb drives, and

> the included Mac software lets you do just about anything you want with 
> them. If a company offers zero Mac sup****t, they don't get my money - 
> simple as that.

While I agree with you in principle, the underlying point is that the 
thumb drives AES (I think he was the OP) was talking about are 
attractive because they are REALLY, REALLY cheap generics. So if you 
want to save the money in order to have a tem****ary transfer medium that 
you don't care if it gets lost, you put up with the U3 stuff. It can 
only be removed by running the uninstaller from a D'Ohs machine. BTW, 
for those that don't know, these drives are perfectly useable without 
clearing the U3 software. You can reformat most of the capacity as 
read/write HFS+. It's just that you can't get rid of the small partition 
containing the security software, so every time you mount the drive two 
partitions will show up, mostly a cosmetic or aesthetic issue.

--Fred