Hi Bill. If this is a Sandisk Cruzer flashdrive, you need the Macintosh (or Windows) removal tool and info at URL:

It doesn't appear to be a Sandisk---it is has no sign of a brand on it anywhere. If I recall, it is a swing drive, like this, but without all the writing on the swing arm.

http://www.nextwarehouse.com/item/?224207_g10e

http://u3.com/support/default.aspx#CQ3

If this is another drive of that type (with a second partition),

I'm not sure it is a second partition. Unless someone has seen differently, separate partitions show up under the same device in both the terminal window and Disk Utility. Maybe there is a way of faking two physical devices other than partitioning, but which also goes by the name of partitioning?

I would imagine that you could remove the partitions (and reformat the flashdrive) with Gnome Partition Manager or a similar utility under Ubuntu Linux.

I might give that a try when I have a chance to install a version of Ubuntu supported by Parallels.

Failing that, get a copy of Paragon Disk Backup (demo) or Paragon Partition Manager (Windows or standalone utilities) and use that to nuke the flashdrive. I particularly like Paragon Disk Manager as it can create a standalone bootable CD or flashdrive that will copy (and nuke) ANY kind of multi-partition disk (including Macintosh HFS +) that you can throw at it!

Another thing I might try when playing around with Parallels.

Thanks,

Bill

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