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USB Flash Drive - Initialize MS-DOS?

Joel
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Apr 7, 2006, 12:28 AM

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Hi all,

Picked up a 2GB USB Flash Drive and attempted to reformat it from MS-DOS to Mac OS Extended. The drive wouldn't mount after I formated it and the only way to get see it was to use SpeedTools DrivePC to format it back to MS-DOS. Now it reads that it is a 1 TB disk (?!) and it crashes Disk First Aid if I try to repair it. Its a Kingston DataTraveler - supposed to be Mac compatible. Any cures to get it to act normally?

Joel

"Think of this business as a room with a huge table and a bunch of chairs around the table. There is a big pie on the table. Your mission is to take your place at the table, pick up your fork, and eat your pie. Do not look to the left and do not look to the right. Just eat your pie. There is plenty of pie for everyone."

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bbalser
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Apr 16, 2006, 6:45 PM

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What brand is it? Go to their web site's support section. I'm sure there's something there somewhere about this issue.

Joel
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Apr 16, 2006, 9:01 PM

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Hi Ben,

Thanks for the reply! I got it figured out - it was a defective drive. Its a Kensington DataTraveler. I was able to have a cross-shipped replacement within a few days. They new one initializes as Mac Extended as it should. Decent transfer speed too.

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What brand is it? Go to their web site's support section. I'm sure there's something there somewhere about this issue.

Joel

"Think of this business as a room with a huge table and a bunch of chairs around the table. There is a big pie on the table. Your mission is to take your place at the table, pick up your fork, and eat your pie. Do not look to the left and do not look to the right. Just eat your pie. There is plenty of pie for everyone."

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