How to format a U-disk to be TWO disks, NOT 2 Partitions

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Hi All,

I used an application named ManagerX to format my U-disk. And, it can divide
my U-disk to TWO disks, which I saw in Windows Disk Management. It’s weird,
isn’t it? Is there anyone who knows how to do it?

Thanks,

Phillip

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What is U-disk?

Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
StorageCraft Corporation
xxxxx@storagecraft.com
http://www.storagecraft.com

----- Original Message -----
From: “Phillip Shentu”
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Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 2:58 PM
Subject: [ntfsd] How to format a U-disk to be TWO disks, NOT 2 Partitions

> Hi All,
>
>
>
> I used an application named ManagerX to format my U-disk. And, it can divide
> my U-disk to TWO disks, which I saw in Windows Disk Management. It’s weird,
> isn’t it? Is there anyone who knows how to do it?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phillip
>
>
> —
> Questions? First check the IFS FAQ at
https://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=17
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Goodness, I’ve been doing that for 20 years, but the rest of us call it
partitioning. Like Max asked . what’s U-disk? User? USB?

Gary G. Little

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Subject: [ntfsd] How to format a U-disk to be TWO disks, NOT 2 Partitions

Hi All,

I used an application named ManagerX to format my U-disk. And, it can
divide my U-disk to TWO disks, which I saw in Windows Disk Management.
It’s weird, isn’t it? Is there anyone who knows how to do it?

Thanks,

Phillip

Questions? First check the IFS FAQ at
https://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=17

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If I had to guess, it’s probably a customized USB thumb drive, something
like http://www.u3.com/ offers. It does some really strange partitioning
such that when you plug the device in, Windows sees it as both a CD-ROM
drive and a USB drive.

I ran across one of these a couple months back and spent the better part of
a week trying in vain to figure out how to undo the formatting/partitioning
to recover the full capacity of the USB device.

“Maxim S. Shatskih” wrote in message
news:xxxxx@ntfsd…
> What is U-disk?
>
> Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
> StorageCraft Corporation
> xxxxx@storagecraft.com
> http://www.storagecraft.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: “Phillip Shentu”
> To: “Windows File Systems Devs Interest List”
> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 2:58 PM
> Subject: [ntfsd] How to format a U-disk to be TWO disks, NOT 2 Partitions
>
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>>
>>
>> I used an application named ManagerX to format my U-disk. And, it can
>> divide
>> my U-disk to TWO disks, which I saw in Windows Disk Management. It’s
>> weird,
>> isn’t it? Is there anyone who knows how to do it?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Phillip
>>
>>
>> —
>> Questions? First check the IFS FAQ at
> https://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=17
>>
>> You are currently subscribed to ntfsd as: xxxxx@storagecraft.com
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>
>

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Apologize for not making it clear, U-disk is USB removable disk, someone
also calls it Flash drive.

Thanks,

Phillip

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Partitions

Goodness, I??ve been doing that for 20 years, but the rest of us call it
partitioning. Like Max asked ?? what??s U-disk? User? USB?

Gary G. Little

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[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Phillip Shentu
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 5:58 AM
To: Windows File Systems Devs Interest List
Subject: [ntfsd] How to format a U-disk to be TWO disks, NOT 2 Partitions

Hi All,

I used an application named ManagerX to format my U-disk. And, it can divide
my U-disk to TWO disks, which I saw in Windows Disk Management. It’s weird,
isn’t it? Is there anyone who knows how to do it?

Thanks,

Phillip

Questions? First check the IFS FAQ at
https://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=17

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