Comments on: Remove the U3 System Partition from Cruzer Flash Drives

By: ian

ian — Thu, 19 May 2011 12:07:15 +0000

Brill, works a treat. Strange sandisk didnt say this when support of U3 was terminated.

By: bob

bob — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:39:18 +0000

“Hmmm, Macs must be more efficient at this. All I have to do is bring up dick utility… Maybe this is one of the reasons Macs cost more? They are worth it.”

OMFGROFLMAO

By: Canada

Canada — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:08:51 +0000

Excellent tip ! ! !

By: IBF

IBF — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 06:50:26 +0000

This solution really works! The only issue I had was that, initially I could not locate the U3 System icon on the system tray until I launched it. The rest was eaaaasy. Thanks to all you great minds. The uninstall process did backup my data files and reinstalled after formatting the drive.

By: PK-JIN

PK-JIN — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 23:44:59 +0000

@FettesPS
I didn’t try GPARTED, but I did use CMD/diskpart to do a complete (not quick) format of the system. All cleaned. Now I use it as an NTFS boot system that contains my copy of Windows 7 x64 in it.

By: FettesPS

FettesPS — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:58:46 +0000

@James – How is that easier? That’s way more complicated then running a quick utility that automatically does it for you. You can easily format it to be a single partition in Windows or Linux, or you can do this 3 click process and have it done for you. Also, I wasn’t aware that all Macs came with a “dick utility.” And no, they’re not worth the cash. Just build a Linux or BSD box for 1/3 of the cost.

By: Hallmark Radiator Cabinets

Hallmark Radiator Cabinets — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:32:27 +0000

Thanks for the help mate, its been bugging me all-day

By: James Smith João Pessoa, Brazil

James Smith João Pessoa, Brazil — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:33:24 +0000

Hmmm, Macs must be more efficient at this. All I have to do is bring up dick utility (a standard part of OSX) and select the drive. I Choose to make it a single partition, then reformat it in the system I want (FAT, NTFS, or Mac HFS, Journaled or unjournaled) and everything is fine. Renaming is no problem, either.

Maybe this is one of the reasons Macs cost more? They are worth it.

By: FettesPS

FettesPS — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:39:01 +0000

@PK-JIN – This method works for everyone else. You could always use GPARTED.

By: PK-JIN

PK-JIN — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:02:10 +0000

OK…. I Already tried that.
However you still have that 110MB unallocated partition you can’t do anything with
and you can’t really rename your flash drive! Your properties window will say its proper name but the explorer window WON’T!

It’s sad to say that my new 16GB Cruzer is just a pile of useless junk…