<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Hi Y'all, Well feeling inquisitive and wanting to learn a little bit more... I have purchased a 4GB Flash Drive (SanDisk cruzer micro). It plugged right in and I have been able to do a little investigating... It is formated as VFAT and contains a few directories and files (MS stuff). All this information shows up in the File manager task window. I have been able to unmount it and remount it on a directory I created. I have been able to create a directory and delete that directory, as well. I was able to examine it with fdisk. All this was done via SUDO. Now for what I want to do, I said i was feeling inquisitive... 1. How can I prevent the File Manager doing anything with it when it is plugged in? 2. Will it always be the same device on the system I am using it with? I understand that all bets are off if I change systems. 3. Can I reformat the drive with fdisk and change the file type to EXT3? I would like to use it to backup my home directory as well as some other key files. 4. Will I also be able to remove the locked MP3.exe file? Don't want it & don't need it either! Warnings and caveats requested as well... Cheers, Jay <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Jay Ridgley <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jridgley2@austin.rr.com">jridgley2@austin.rr.com</a> Registered Linux User ID - 9115 </pre> </body> </html>