Make an usb an usb again???
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- keiTai
So i got a direct marketing promotional USB stick which opens/shows up as a CD disk on my pc. And i was wondering how i can formt this USB stick as a USB stick again??
- maikel0
obvious USB stick is USB O_o
- seeessess0
Start > Run > format c:
- BaskerviIle0
erm, it's acutally a usb, not an
- o_Odetritus
- well not according to winxp and i already used the registerkeys tokeiTai
- enable / disable usb writablekeiTai
- does the a belong to the noun only? (bus)invisiblechamber
- yes, use "an" when the next word has a vowel SOUND, not just because it's a vowel.bulletfactory
- isn't "u" a vowel sound?404NotFound
- TenaciousG0
put it in a mac and reformat it. Macs will let you reformat media as windows-compatible. Also, the auto-run program on the USB shouldn't work on the mac, so it won't show up as a CD
- kalkal0
The little ROM chip which normally works as a controller for a standard USB stick, will have been flashed to appear as a CD drive to your computer. That's the problem.
You'd probably have to know the manufacturer of the original USB thumb drive and flash it with their firmware. It's unlikely you could find a copy of the original firmware though, most usb drives don't get updated.
- So the lowdown is, as far as your computer is concerned, it really is a CD being plugged in.kalkal
- jaylarson0
Use Testdisk, and fix its masterboot record (MBR)?
- http://www.cgsecurit…jaylarson
- Wouldn't work, as far as the computer sees it, it's a CD and doesn't have a MBR. It's not even writeable!kalkal
- autoflavour0
you need a soldering iron, a steady hand, a degree in advance computer ergonomics and some masking tape
- ifeltdave0
this should do the trick for you
