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USB drive

whitelightrider · 2015-04-13 09:03:43

Hi Folks, We have some Dell flash drives that we dont use here at work. Instead of binning them it'd be handy to use them as a normal USB drive. Is there a way to have them as a standard USB drive instead of a Win8 bootable?

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13-04-2015 10:03am

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whitelightrider

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Hi Folks,

We have some Dell flash drives that we dont use here at work. Instead of binning them it'd be handy to use them as a normal USB drive. Is there a way to have them as a standard USB drive instead of a Win8 bootable?

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#2 13-04-2015 10:06am
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You should be able to delete the partition in windows using the disk management tool, or in linux using gpartition (I think). Once the partitions are deleted, create a new partition and job done.

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#3 13-04-2015 11:06am
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MarkR wrote: »

You should be able to delete the partition in windows using the disk management tool, or in linux using gpartition (I think). Once the partitions are deleted, create a new partition and job done.

It seems to be a protected drive and wont allow me to delete the partition

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#4 13-04-2015 12:34pm
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Few ideas on how to do it here: http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php/728086-How-can-I-remove-quot-Write-Protect-quot-on-USB-drive

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