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Hi all...

i have hp V175w usb flash..I have tried so many ways..But as you know flip the remove bit with lexar is the best way...But as you know it just flip some brands..and I couldn't flip my flash..so ...do you guys know any ways to make partitions??

thanks in advance ;)

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Hi all...

i have hp V175w usb flash..I have tried so many ways..But as you know flip the remove bit with lexar is the best way...But as you know it just flip some brands..and I couldn't flip my flash..so ...do you guys know any ways to make partitions??

thanks in advance ;)

You can use a filter driver.

See here (please read the WHOLE thread):

jaclaz

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Dear thanks for your help..But since my english is poor I have to spend much time to read all..And I will read all of them...But if you mean to change usb flash as a local disk with cfadisk.ini ....yes I have tried this way..And I succeed but I don't want to use this way..because It can be just use in my computer..not in other pc's......

But I 'll try to read all of that..thanks in advance jaclaz....

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There are 2 (two) ways to have multiple partitions accessible on a USB stick on NT based systems:

  1. flip the removable bit
  2. install a filter driver

To flip the removable bit you may find - besides the "Lexar" utility, the manufacturer's "Mass Production Tool" for the USB controller used in your USB stick.

You can install the filter driver "on the fly", but this is considered "advanced" and requires a good understanding of the procedure and of English.

I am sorry for your English (or lack of it), but this is an English forum, and it is unlikely that you will find here help in your native language (whatever it is),

You may want to:

  • find a suitable technical forum in your language
    or
  • find a friend that better understands English that can help you

In other words, you are trying to do an "advanced" something without the needed tools (basic English knowledge), it will take you some time and a lot of efforts, maybe it would be easier if you buy a "Lexar compatible" new USB stick.

If you want to try finding the appropriate Mass production tool, get chipgenius:

http://reboot.pro/4661/

fint the Vid/Pid of your stick

see if you can find a suitable tool here:

http://flashboot.ru/index.php?name=iflash

or post an EXACT description of the stick AND it's Vid/Pid, and I may try helping you in the search.

jaclaz

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Very strange. :unsure:

04FC should be "Sunplus Technology Ltd.", which does not produce AFAIK memory sticks, and HP should be 03F0.

Please describe that stick, brand, is it this one?

http://www.pny.com.tw/pny_en/products_info2.asp?idno=97&pidno=41&pidno3=81

that is from PNY (HP v175w)

PNY should have Vid 154B. :w00t: though there are reports of using different Vid's.

The PNY's I have seen use Phison chips:

http://www.flashboot.ru/index.php?name=Files&op=cat&id=6

but I have also seen references to some of them using SMI chips:

http://www.flashboot.ru/index.php?name=Files&op=cat&id=10

You may want to try some of the apps listed above, but first check if the PNY software:

http://www.pny.com.tw/pny_en/download.asp

has any reference to the actual chip manufacturer.

jaclaz

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here is more info...

Name: v175w (USB2.0)

Logic Driver: H:\

VID&PID: Vid_03f0 & Pid_5407

Speed: high speed

VendorID: hp

ProductID: v175w

Product Revision: 0.00

Vendor Description: HP

Product Description: v175w

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here is more info...

Well NO, this is not "more" info, it is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, (most probably RIGHT this time ;) ) info.

It is more probable that the chip is SMI.

It is likely that one of these two may be the "right" tool:

SMI MPTool V2.03.34 v12 [sM3255AB]

SMI MPTool V2.03.34 v12 [sM3257AA]

Besides the already given link, here is another page:

http://tagievara.narod.ru/pages/programs/flash.html

via google translate:

http://translate.google.it/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftagievara.narod.ru%2Fpages%2Fprograms%2Fflash.html&sl=ru&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8

jaclaz

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Thanks Jaclaz.....I have test both programs..But non of them recognized my usb flash....

Well, you need to install the "factory driver" and set it to recognize the USB Vid & Pid, by default it is 090C/1000, READ the \smi_mptool_v2.03.34_v12_2\UFD_MP\FactoryDriver\Documents_for_SMI_Driver.doc

jaclaz

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Sorry for late reply Jaclaz...It doesn't install factory driver...(It doesn't show "Installed OK"..)...It recognize it again as "hp v175w"...

Does it matter that I'm using windows 7,not xp...I mean I'm using Windows 7..not windows Xp...

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Sorry for late reply Jaclaz...It doesn't install factory driver...(It doesn't show "Installed OK"..)...It recognize it again as "hp v175w"...

Does it matter that I'm using windows 7,not xp...I mean I'm using Windows 7..not windows Xp...

Yes, it could be part of the problem, all the stupid drivers not signed, elevated privileges and what not may cause it.

But more generally this kind of tools are developed for technicians and are very poorly documented, so it is possible also that you are simply doing something "wrong".

And another thing is that the fact that the stick has a SMI chip is still an *assumption* on my part, I wasn't able to find any definite reference/data about it, only a generic SMI reference inside the tools that you can download from the PNY website.

If I were you I would try on a machine running XP, if you really want to further experiment, I presume that you can find some friend crazy enbough to let you use his/her XP PC and installing to it an *experimental* driver. :unsure::ph34r:

Please also keep in mind that even if you successfully manage to run the app, it is a very risky program to run, and if used incorrectly it may lead to an unrecoverable device. :ph34r:

jaclaz

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