abuthemagician Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 I got a flash drive from IntegraSys (integrasys.fiserv.com) in the mail the other day as an advertisement. I plugged the thing in and noticed that it added a cdrom to my computer. I know its a 512mb flash drive, but when i format it in windows is shows up as 447mb because of the 50mb worth of integrasys on the cdrom part. My question is, how do i get rid of the CD rom part of the flash drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesurfer Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 Some of those U3 enabled flash disks are partitioned so that they can autorun. The CD-ROM type partition is what autoruns and has all your U3 programs. The other major partition is for your data.Seems yours is similar to this U3. I have a SanDisk that was U3 enabled. I can't remember exactly how I got rid of the CD-ROM partition but I think I used the program that came with it. Explore a little bit in its configuration. You may be able to find it somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 Does it by any chance use an iCreate controller chip?If so, you can try the "Portfree Production Program v3.27".Many generic flash drives are based on the iCreate controller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abuthemagician Posted August 24, 2006 Author Share Posted August 24, 2006 The drive itself is made by Hantat and i can't get the screw out that holds it together. I tried the U3 Uninstaller but its not a U3 drive. I am trying to source the other program to try that though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abuthemagician Posted August 24, 2006 Author Share Posted August 24, 2006 couldn't find the port free program... any other ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 (edited) Couldn't find? I specified the exact name...http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&ie=I...27%22&meta=(If you don't understand Chinese, "下载" means download.) Edited August 24, 2006 by LLXX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abuthemagician Posted August 25, 2006 Author Share Posted August 25, 2006 so i got the program, but i can't read chinese... i am not trying to be difficult and appreaciate all the help... Any ideas using a linux live CD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJM Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 (edited) I found the program last week and there is an english version. I did a Google search and hit the (translate this page) untill I found Portfree production english. I don't remember which one thatit was, but it was on the first page of Google results. I have it at home and if I remember I will try to send it to you tonight. Edited August 25, 2006 by RJM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abuthemagician Posted August 25, 2006 Author Share Posted August 25, 2006 awesome i will look for that then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abuthemagician Posted August 25, 2006 Author Share Posted August 25, 2006 found the english version but i get an unsupported controller errorThe controller is a Chipsbank cbm1180 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 CBM1180/2080/2081 utility:http://4esky.68ab.com/cbm2080.rarManual:http://www.crystalking.com.tw/Flash/PDF/eManual.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abuthemagician Posted August 28, 2006 Author Share Posted August 28, 2006 that worked perfectly. Thank you very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meilon Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Hi!I need your help! I got a USB Stick with 1GB space on it. When I plugged it in, CBM2080 was displayed on WinXP installation. But there was a 10MB partition on it. I tried to use the Portfree Producation Program, but It could'nt find my Stick. Then I downloaded this cbm2080.rar and the eManual. With it I tried to format the disk. But now I only have a 8MB sized USB Stick which I cant format! Could someone help me?-meilon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 (edited) Hi!I need your help! I got a USB Stick with 1GB space on it. When I plugged it in, CBM2080 was displayed on WinXP installation. But there was a 10MB partition on it. I tried to use the Portfree Producation Program, but It could'nt find my Stick. Then I downloaded this cbm2080.rar and the eManual. With it I tried to format the disk. But now I only have a 8MB sized USB Stick which I cant format! Could someone help me?-meilonWell, basically, you should try re-running the CBM 2080 program.Reading an English manual (not really for it, but for a device that uses it):http://www.crystalking.com.tw/FLASH.htmhttp://www.crystalking.com.tw/Flash/PDF/eManual.pdfMight help in understanding the settings to use, most probably you did something "wrong", like using the "Fix Volume size"or partition percentage....Why did you use it in the first place?No warranties implied, but if you re-format it with the correct settings it should work, unless of course, you tried the production tool because it did not. On the other hand if the device worked, you should not "play" with this kind of utilities...jaclazP.S.: just for the sake of trying keeping info together as possible I am crosslinking this thread to this 911CD one:http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=15776where some other make/models are mentioned Edited September 6, 2006 by jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 (edited) Hi!I need your help! I got a USB Stick with 1GB space on it. When I plugged it in, CBM2080 was displayed on WinXP installation. But there was a 10MB partition on it. I tried to use the Portfree Producation Program, but It could'nt find my Stick. Then I downloaded this cbm2080.rar and the eManual. With it I tried to format the disk. But now I only have a 8MB sized USB Stick which I cant format! Could someone help me?-meilonMaybe it was a fake one. There are many 1Gb and above USB drives that are actually much smaller. The Chinese seem to like these sorts of scams. Edited September 6, 2006 by LLXX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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