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Subject:	Re: formatting usb key drive (don Hoyt)
From:	David Gillett <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	PCSOFT - Personal Computer software discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Sun, 9 Jun 2002 16:51:23 -0700
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On 9 Jun 2002, at 16:02, Don wrote:

>   Can someone please tell me how to format a new 32mb USB key
> drive, installed as drive:h on a Compaq Presario 5827 running Win98
> SE? Properties in My Computer shows ``all space is used'' -- ``used
> space 0 bytes free space 0 bytes''.
>   When I try to save anything to  the h:drive, a message says it's
> not formatted. When I try to format, the screen goes black and I
> get messages from my Norton auto-protect that ``the application
> c:\windows\explore.exe is attempting to write to the boot record of
> drive:h. What would you like to do...stop...continue..exclude''.
> Whichever I choose, the format dialogue box greys out.'' Help,
> help, help please. (Don Hoyt)

  Exactly how you format the drive is going to depend on what OS
you're running.  Basically, until you do, anything any other software
tells you about drive H: is going to be nonsense.

David Gillett

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