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From: teabag on 18 Oct 2009 16:19 Does anyone know can you partition a USB flash drive? I want to cut an 8Gb drive into slices each less than 2Gb. Do I need any special software. teabag
From: Bob on 18 Oct 2009 17:27 Why partition as opposed to using several folders? "teabag" <nobody(a)home.com> wrote in message news:_qydnYA3UdJL5UbXnZ2dnUVZ8g2dnZ2d(a)pipex.net... > Does anyone know can you partition a USB flash drive? > > I want to cut an 8Gb drive into slices each less than 2Gb. > > Do I need any special software. > > teabag >
From: HeyBub on 18 Oct 2009 18:38 teabag wrote: > Thanks for your advice. > > Why do I want to partition the drive? > > A (latent) bug in an old version M$ Money causes it to protest when > making backups if there is more than 2Gb of free space at the > (external) destination. When this version of Money was invented 2Gb > storage would have been unknown / unaffordable and the bug would > never have been apparent. Its no big deal - I can work round in other > ways if partitioning is impossible. You COULD buy a box of CrackerJacks. I think some come with 1GB flash drives as the prize at the bottom...
From: ju.c on 19 Oct 2009 03:24 "Acronis Disk Director" can partition 'USB Flash Drives' but Windows won't "see" it. The following instructions will allow your partitined UFD to be seen in Windows. You can then use Windows built-in 'Disk Management' utility to partition it. cfadisk.sys - CompactFlash Fixed Disk Filter Driver 2003 Hitachi Global Storage Technologies XP will only allow access to the first partition on a "Removable Disk". This procedure will change things so that USB Flash Drives can be used just like a normal "Local Disk". INSTRUCTIONS (Example) 1. Download the driver: http://www.lancelhoff.com/downloads/USB_LocalDisk.zip 2. Open the "Device Manager". (paste into the Run box: devmgmt.msc) 3. Expand "Disk Drives" then right-click the USB Flash Drive and select "Properties". Open the "Details" tab. Select the text for "Device Instance Id" and copy it by pressing Ctrl+C. (Leave Device Manager open) 4. Open cfadisk.inf with Notepad. 5. Replace "device_instance_id_goes_here" with the "Device Instance Id" from step 2. Example: OLD [cfadisk_device] %Microdrive_devdesc% = cfadisk_install,device_instance_id_goes_here NEW [cfadisk_device] %Microdrive_devdesc% = cfadisk_install,USBSTOR\DISK&VEN_KINGSTON&PROD_DATATRAVELER_2.0&REV_1.00 (Skip the end number: ...REV_1.00\89900000000000006CB02ADA&0) 6. Save the file then go back to the Device Manager. Right-click the USB Flash Drive and select "Update Driver...". Select these options to install the new driver: - Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) : Next> - Don't search. I will choose the driver to install. : Next> - Click the "Have Disk..." button. - Browse to the file: cfadisk.inf - Click OK 7. Done! Now your flash drive can be partitioned! Links Multi partition a USB flash drive in Windows http://www.lancelhoff.com/multi-partition-a-usb-flash-drive-in-windows/ http://www.pendriveapps.com/downloads/lexar_usb_format.zip Make Windows see any USB flash drive as local disk http://www.lancelhoff.com/make-windows-see-any-usb-flash-drive-as-local-disk/ http://www.lancelhoff.com/downloads/USB_LocalDisk.zip ju.c "teabag" <nobody(a)home.com> wrote in message news:_qydnYA3UdJL5UbXnZ2dnUVZ8g2dnZ2d(a)pipex.net... > Does anyone know can you partition a USB flash drive? > > I want to cut an 8Gb drive into slices each less than 2Gb. > > Do I need any special software. > > teabag > >
From: teabag on 19 Oct 2009 09:56 Thank you, ju.c for such clear advice. The only small problem I had (WinXP Pro SP3) arose after your Step 6 when Windows wanted a steer to cfadisk.sys - so I told it where to look and the installation was then complete. All works OK and my USB Flash Drive is now partitioned just as I wish. teabag "ju.c" <bibidybubidyboop(a)mailinator.com> wrote in message news:udtpA1IUKHA.4780(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > "Acronis Disk Director" can partition 'USB Flash Drives' but > Windows won't "see" it. The following instructions will allow > your partitined UFD to be seen in Windows. You can then use > Windows built-in 'Disk Management' utility to partition it. > > > cfadisk.sys - CompactFlash Fixed Disk Filter Driver > 2003 Hitachi Global Storage Technologies > > XP will only allow access to the first partition on a "Removable Disk". > This procedure will change things so that USB Flash Drives can be used > just like a normal "Local Disk". > > INSTRUCTIONS (Example) > > 1. Download the driver: > http://www.lancelhoff.com/downloads/USB_LocalDisk.zip > > 2. Open the "Device Manager". > (paste into the Run box: devmgmt.msc) > > 3. Expand "Disk Drives" then right-click the USB Flash Drive > and select "Properties". Open the "Details" tab. Select > the text for "Device Instance Id" and copy it by pressing > Ctrl+C. (Leave Device Manager open) > > 4. Open cfadisk.inf with Notepad. > > 5. Replace "device_instance_id_goes_here" with the "Device > Instance Id" from step 2. Example: > > OLD > [cfadisk_device] > %Microdrive_devdesc% = cfadisk_install,device_instance_id_goes_here > > NEW > [cfadisk_device] > %Microdrive_devdesc% = > cfadisk_install,USBSTOR\DISK&VEN_KINGSTON&PROD_DATATRAVELER_2.0&REV_1.00 > > (Skip the end number: ...REV_1.00\89900000000000006CB02ADA&0) > > 6. Save the file then go back to the Device Manager. Right-click > the USB Flash Drive and select "Update Driver...". Select these > options to install the new driver: > > - Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) : Next> > - Don't search. I will choose the driver to install. : Next> > - Click the "Have Disk..." button. > - Browse to the file: cfadisk.inf > - Click OK > > 7. Done! Now your flash drive can be partitioned! > > > Links > > Multi partition a USB flash drive in Windows > http://www.lancelhoff.com/multi-partition-a-usb-flash-drive-in-windows/ > http://www.pendriveapps.com/downloads/lexar_usb_format.zip > > Make Windows see any USB flash drive as local disk > http://www.lancelhoff.com/make-windows-see-any-usb-flash-drive-as-local-disk/ > http://www.lancelhoff.com/downloads/USB_LocalDisk.zip > > > ju.c > > > "teabag" <nobody(a)home.com> wrote in message > news:_qydnYA3UdJL5UbXnZ2dnUVZ8g2dnZ2d(a)pipex.net... >> Does anyone know can you partition a USB flash drive? >> >> I want to cut an 8Gb drive into slices each less than 2Gb. >> >> Do I need any special software. >> >> teabag
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