rayman1701;592253 Wrote: > I've got a bunch of Western Digital drives and the one thing I can't > stress enough is to disable that stupid, stupid WD Smatware. I hate, > hate, hate that they put that partition that acts like a cd and takes > away space I could actually use. So plug it into a computer and see if > you end up with 2 partitions, one a hard drive the other a cd. If you > do then go to the Western Digital support page and download the > smartware uninstaller, which won't actually uninstall in, it just > disables that partition, which is another thing I hate, you can't get > that space back. Anyway after it's disabled until you run that program > with that drive again, it won't ever appear. > > One other thing, make sure you register the warranty at the WD site > too. I got one of those exact drives and mine showed up DOA, which is > a first for me. So I'm going thru a warranty exchange right now, but > you never know what can happen during the warranty period, so be > prepared. > > Hope that helps a bit.
Why not just reparation and reformat stupid smartware gone ? then you get that space back. -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH and assorted amps SiriuS, Classe' Primare and Dynadio speakers, Contour 4 Contour Center, and Contour 1.3SE rear ch. Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) PLEASE FIX BUG 112 http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=112 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83586 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
