[TriLUG] Flash Drive Size Limit?

Carl Crider c.crider at gmail.com
Tue Aug 5 12:48:20 EDT 2008


If it is a "U3" device, there is now a U3 uninstaller:
http://www.u3.com/uninstall/

Formatting mine did not get rid of the U3 tools. I had to run the U3 tool,
then format
and salvage the used space.

On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Ron Young <ronyoung at nc.rr.com> wrote:

> Thanks to all who responded!  You all are great!!  Reformatting the flash
> drive on his windows box to fat32 (even though it was already fat32)
> apparently removed some of the proprietary stuff installed by the mfg and
> it
> now works on both OSs!
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Ron
>
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 9:31 AM, Ron Young <ronyoung at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> > I have an acquaintance who is currently using two flash drives (a 1GB and
> a
> > 2GB) interchangeably between his windoze box and his linux box with no
> > problems.  He has recently bought a 3GB flash drive and though it works
> in
> > his windoze box he is unable to use it in the linux box.
> >
> > Is there a way to format the 3GB flash drive to work on both OSs?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > --
> > Ron Young
> > 919-621-9015
> >
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