Hey, Wayne, I don't know what you prepare your email with, but I just gave up on reading this. Just one big mush of characters. Just a friendly tip.
On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 12:30:03AM -0800, Wayne Jr wrote: > Speaking of formatting stick drives, I picked up a couple of SanDisk 4.0GB > Cruzer Minisn apple 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 a 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&btnG=Search > Wayne Jr > -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
