Is there a freeware utility that will reformat a 1Gb Flash Drive that
was corrupted by "unsafe" removal? There is no Write-Protect switch to
access and all normal Format procedures result with a "Write Protected"
error message.

jgulow@webtv.net (John the WebTV Man) wrote:

You could try the Panasonic utility, which should work with many flash
drives. You might need to use Unlocker first or do a reboot to make it
accessible. I find some desktop search programs and file
managers/browsers tend to lock devices and they need to be closed to
release the device before Windows will say it can be safely removed.

http://panasonic.jp/support/global/c...formatter.html

Larry

In article <697-47443446-1142@storefull-3331.bay.webtv.net>,
jgulow@webtv.net says...

There are a couple of worthy freeware thumbdrive reformatters, namely
those offered by Hewlett-Packard (which Google). The premise behind
"unsafe" removal is a technical one having to do with electrical
surges upon 'breaking' of a circuit. It happens rarely, but better
safe than sorry. Using the SysTray method of USB removal merely cuts
off the 5-volt supply to the chosen particular socket.

Lord Possum <lord,possum@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:MPG.21ae06862fb6f668989681@nntp.aioe.org:

Uh, it's also to make sure that the device isn't still waiting for data to
be written to it.

bealoid <signup@bealoid.co.uk> wrote:

Exactly; these little devices must consume all of a milliwatt so I
doubt surge is an issue, whereas unemptied write cache is, on my
system. It takes SyncBack about 10-20 seconds to finish writing before
I can safely unplug the USB flash drive, whereas I can unplug my USB
hard drive almost immediately.

Larry

WaIIy <eIvez@ChangeThisPart.com> wrote in
news:80t8k3d50195q9fdghgf6i6tq60gftdo36@4ax.com:

Firefox- images, javascript, cookies all enabled, even turned firewall
off, the page/image loads, but the space for download links is blank.

How to get that file?

Mike Sa

On 22 Nov 2007 15:23:53 GMT, ms <ms@invalid.com> wrote:

Alternative direct download link from PC World:

http://downloads.pcworld.com/pub/new...ls/SP27608.exe

--
Ron M.
(I filter Googlespam)

Ron May <mayron@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:688bk3lpiv5umlm68gsddbbotooi06b9a6@4ax.com:

Thanks, Ron

That did it, d/l now.

Mike Sa

The Seabat <seabat@NOSPAMboardermail.com> wrote in
news:qlbbk3508evvu4skodvadpdahi5sebvml1@4ax.com:

Thanks, Seabat. Ron May posted a direct link and it worked.

I also use NoScript, saved your post for the future.

Mike Sa

WaIIy <eIvez@ChangeThisPart.com> wrote in
news:55cbk3tbum2st11vkdpvb63iavnocr27an@4ax.com:

above in the thread, got the file.

I am using Fx 2.0.0.7, not planning to go to 3.0 at this point.

Were you using 3.0?

Mike Sa

Ron May <mayron@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:688bk3lpiv5umlm68gsddbbotooi06b9a6@4ax.com:

The HP USB formatting tool copies and works fine as a no-install.

BTW, change of subject, my XP machine does not search, an excellent
replacement I found is:
-------
Harddisk Search & Stats
Version: 2.1
October 31, 2004
Freebyte.com, http://www.freebyte.com
http://www.freebyte.com/harddisk_search_and_stats/
Windows 98, and XP
Harddisk Search & Stats is a very powerful text-Search Engine for your
harddisk. It enables you to conveniently search large numbers of
text/ascii-based files simultaneously. Harddisk Search & Stats is ideal
for those who are handling text files. snip

Henk wrote a really nice small noinstall search program, works in W98SE,
W2K and XP.

HTH

Mike Sa

WaIIy <eIvez@ChangeThisPart.com> wrote in
news:lmick3d6l6orqj3j6v7vnq8nujj0if66ms@4ax.com:

Thanks, Wally. Now using 2.0.0.9, find it was the NoScript extension that
caused the problem, need to watch that one.

09 is clever, the portable version imported the installed extensions from
my 07, that never happened before.

Mike Sa