Sorry for the typos and the wrong link... (blush) :( Here's the right link for the formatting program that I meant to put in my original post: http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/hpcpqdt/us/download/20306.html
On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 23:30:03 -0800, Wayne Jr wrote: > Speaking of formatting stick drives, I picked up a couple of > SanDisk 4.0GB Cruzer Minis on ebay for $150 + shipping > (which I thought was an Ok deal since they are listed anywhere from > about $250 to $300+ although I could have picked up a lot of 10 for > $45 each if I wanted to mess around reselling them)... Anyway I > got one for me and one for my wife who runs an apple Powerbook. Her > computer had trouble recognizing it, so she reformatted it to MS- > DOS (w/o asking my advice!)... Now, when you plug it into the > computer it reads 1TB... I know that's not right... I tried to * > fix* it with my XP system & I discovered that XP does not have > fdisk... When I plug her stick drive into my XP machine it also > shows it as having 1TB and the format program just doesn't do > anything, it kind of just hangs there or something. Another thing > is, if I plug my (not hers) Cruzer Mini into my XP machine it shows > 4GB, but if my wife plugs my stick into her Powerbook it shows 1TB > on her machine... I spent a number of hours on this *unexpected* > problem (I much prefer expected problems ;) and it's hard to find > much info on it, it's hard to find the time to mess around with it > too... I don't know if I like this 4GB flashdrive or not... In > their FAQs they point out that the data stored on it should be good > for at least 10 years... Makes me wonder... So, it's not that > great for backup, but possibly good for transferring files, or > temporary backups... It's a little erratic on my computers though. > Sometimes I plug it in and it's not recognized, so I just pull it > out and plug it back in and then it's recognized on the 2nd try > (I've had this happen a number of times now)... I guess I can get > used to that even if I don't understand it. I did find a program > that is supposed to be good for formatting flash drives, I haven't > tried it though. I think I'll contact SanDisk tech support before > I do anything rash. > Windows-based Format Utility for HP Drive Key or DiskOnKey USB > Device (It's supposed to work with non HP drives) > http://66.249.93.104/search?hl=en&lr=&q=xp+fdisk+sandisk+flash+drive&b > tnG=Search Wayne Jr > > On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 16:19:16 -0800, Carl Lowenstein wrote: > >> On 1/29/06, Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 02:08:24PM -0800, Carl Lowenstein wrote: >>> > <snip> >>> I thought that might be the problem. Can they be reformatted? >>> >> >> Sure. /sbin/fdisk # to change the partition table. >> /sbin/mke2fs # to re"format". >> >> carl >> -- >> carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
