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

RE:
<< And the fact that the OP has create not one, but two 
individual threads about the same issue recently is proof 
that he is not putting up with it very well.  : D >>

I believe I was the original poster for the _first_ thread 
(not this current one). I had picked up a Sandisk "Cruzer" 
and wanted to get rid of the U3 software, which I knew 
nothing about.

The only way to delete the U3 software is on a machine 
running Windows. Once you've got one of these gadgets 
mounted on the Windows desktop, it's easy enough to find the 
U3 utility app that deletes the U3 partition.

But you CAN'T get rid of it using the Mac OS.

So, if the original poster of THIS thread is reading, he has 
two choices:
Choice 1: Take the flashdrive in question to a PC (or Mac!) 
running Windows, and delete the U3 partition.... or....
Choice 2: Live with the "extra partition" on the Mac desktop.

It's really as simple as that....

I'm wondering if one couldn't take a U3 flashdrive to an 
Apple Store (which should have at least one of their 
computers set up to run/demonstrate Windows on the Mac), 
explain to one of the techs there that you want to "convert" 
the flashdrive to "Mac only", and have one of them mount it 
on the Windows side and delete the U3 partition....

- John