On Feb 5, 11:03 am, michael bluestein <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Kyle and thanks for replying to my post. > Actually I am running 10.3.9 but will be upgrading OS to Tiger later today. > As i said I see the sandisk in system profiler under USB and I also > see it in the Disk Utility application. Of course I do not know how > to use disk utility. I so not understand any of the terms as New > Image, unmount and a few others. so I do not know how to fix the > sandisk through the disk utility. > Anyway the computer does recognize the flash drive but that is the extent of > it. > > I will try again after I install the newer OS. Using a flash drive > sure is handy when one needs it.
For reformatting the flash drive, the Help function in Disk Utility should work as I mentioned in my previous post. If there is a problem doing that, I'm not sure that the long discussion on SanDisk's web site that Bruce Johnson pointed to earlier in this thread will help. That U3 business seems to be an entirely different issue. But I like Randy B. Singer's statement in SanDisk's thread; see Message 21 of 41 in the third page. I notice that some folks simply quit trying with SanDisk drives and got another brand. New Image has to do with Disk Utility's function to create a specific copy of some file, or folder, or entire drive and putting that on another "volume" or drive or CD or DVD. Mounting a drive means that you can see a drive or volume. In a working computer, that simply means that the hard drive works, the operating system works, and that you are accessing the drive's contents. For a flash drive or CD/DVD, it means you can see its icon and the computer can work with its contents. Unmount means that you are quitting your access to a particular drive or volume. For your main, internal drive, that is automatic when you shut down. For flash drives, CD/DVDs, external hard drives, unmounting means that you are dragging the icon to the Trash in the Dock. In OS X, the Trash icon morphs into an Eject icon in the process. When unmounting flash drives, you must ensure that you have closed all files and quit any applications on it, at the risk of permanent damage to the contents. The book by David Pogue, Mac OS X Tiger Edition The Missing Manual would be an excellent investment. You can also borrow excellent books for your stage in this game from the public library. Hope you do well with your Mac. Al Poulin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
