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Delete That Annoying U3 Partition From Thumbdrives

August 7, 2007 by in Downloadable with 7 Comments

I hate those stupid auto launching space hogging U3 partitions on USB thumbdrives. Here is a way to delete that annoying partition on a Windows machine.

Download Drive Key Boot Utility from HP (45mb download, no registration required).

Plug your USB key into a Windows XP machin, run the app, click through all the recommended options, and let the software pulverize the drive’s U3 enhancements into oblivion. Don’t worry if it takes several minutes (with no progress bar), or if the program stops responding; just wait until it’s finished.

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  • SamuelDr

    Then don’t buy a U3 thumbdrive, they cost more than a normal thumbdrive!

  • http://scopetech.net Evan

    I like portable apps myself.

  • Francis

    Portable Apps FTW
    U3 bites

  • http://mavrev.com Matt

    Or you can just format it…

  • 5tifler

    um i enjoy having a password protected data partition on my thumbdrive!
    with out the password to the u3 partition you cant access the data side!
    and I did not pay extra, 2gb for $19.99 Sandisk

    I want a utility that can add a u3 partition to some of my other drives!!!!!!

  • Steve

    No hardware should come with propriety software like this crap. It’s worthless and only gives people headaches that don’t know what it is / does. I have to remove this junk from flask drives all the time because people just hate it.

  • Ricahard

    Thank you, thank you, thank you. Christ I’ve broken one of these damn things because of that effin U3 programme. Grrrr…but now I’m happy.

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