<div>That "cd-rom type" is the U3 fs containing pre-loaded apps to be used anywhere you plug it in. It is actually supposed to be like this. If you don't like it - you should've purchased another model....
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<div>The reason it's impossible to delete the apps is because they are hard coded to the hardware and the files copied are the ones it needs as read / write access....</div>
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<div>Amichai.<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/31/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Steve Jeppesen</b> <<a href="mailto:ampster40@comcast.net">ampster40@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 10:41:48 +0300<br>OOzy Pal wrote:<br><br>> Can some one recommend a USB stick that I can password protect under
<br>> Linux and Windows?<br>><br><br>I just purchased a Kingston U3 DataTraveler 1 gig this past weekend and<br>noticed it had a password/security function built into it - however I<br>am unable to test it in either
O.S. right now as it is at my place of<br>business - and I'm not!<br><br><a href="http://www.kingston.com/flash/datatraveler_home.asp">http://www.kingston.com/flash/datatraveler_home.asp</a><br><br>That link provides a listing of their various USB flashdrives, and the
<br>top one is listed as "Kingston DataTraveler Secure Privacy<br>NEW! DataTraveler Secure - Privacy Edition " - maybe that would work as<br>well?<br><br>the datatraveler I purchased has a couple of annoyances though.
<br><br>When you plug it in, it mounts two drives, one "cd-rom" type and<br>one for your data. That's for M$ and Linux. I can live with that.<br><br>The "cd-rom" mount doesn't allow you to delete anything, like a normal
<br>cd-rom. And according to the instructions, it comes with preloaded<br>"apps" on the data mount that can be deleted if desired.<br><br>I found you can delete those apps on the data mount, but every time you<br>
plug that sucker back in, either in M$ or Linux, it copies three files<br>back over from the cdrom mount. I find that to be rather suspicious<br>behavior myself and don't like it.<br><br>Other than that - it's really fast.
<br><br>Hope this gets you pointed in a direction at least.<br><br>Steve<br><br><br>--<br>ubuntu-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br>Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
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