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RE: Remove secure partition on pen drive
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Originally posted by AngelDevil
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Originally posted by Val
There is a tool called Disk Management. Here are some links on how to use it.

Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309000
Windows Vista/7: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Manag...-recommended-links

I know well this tool, it allows to manage partitions in the same disk, but it recognizes 2 different disk for my pen drive..
That's exactly what those two partitions are: two different disks (USB sticks work in a slightly different way than normal HDDs).

Unmapping the drive letter will usually work if you just don't want to see the drive (although note that drive letters might change for USB sticks depending on what other stuff you have connected, etc), but the partition would physically still be there and you still wont be able to use that space on your stick for other stuff...

However, many USB sticks which come with a secure partition (eg: the ones from SandDisk are also one of those) usually come with a dedicated program to manage the partition and one of those functions are usually to remove the 'secure' partition and all its special programs (eg: for automatically syncing, starting stuff up, etc). If you don't have such a dedicated program for your particular USB stick, you can often find it by going to the company's website.

This post was edited on 03-13-2010 at 12:36 PM by CookieRevised.
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Remove secure partition on pen drive - by AngelDevil on 03-12-2010 at 03:08 PM
RE: Remove secure partition on pen drive - by Val on 03-12-2010 at 03:19 PM
RE: Remove secure partition on pen drive - by AngelDevil on 03-12-2010 at 04:26 PM
RE: Remove secure partition on pen drive - by MeEtc on 03-12-2010 at 08:01 PM
RE: Remove secure partition on pen drive - by CookieRevised on 03-13-2010 at 12:35 PM
RE: Remove secure partition on pen drive - by djdannyp on 03-14-2010 at 01:24 AM
RE: Remove secure partition on pen drive - by ShawnZ on 09-15-2010 at 08:49 AM


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