Author Topic: How to delete U3 from a flash drive. (Read 1391 times)

JAW959 · January 23, 2011, 06:19:12 PM

I'm so loving sick of U3, it's just annoying and pointless, I've tried formatting the flash drive and deleting the system folder for U3 friendry and nothing works, any ideas?

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MegaScientifical · January 23, 2011, 06:24:49 PM

Same with mine. I gave up, but if anyone else can suggest a way to stop it, it'd be appreciated...

If it stays after being fotmated, I'm afraid it might be hard coded into some separate part of the unit...

pecon7 · January 23, 2011, 06:26:36 PM

Does this help?
http://u3.sandisk.com/launchpadremoval.htm

MegaScientifical · January 23, 2011, 06:28:48 PM

Quote from: pecon7 on January 23, 2011, 06:26:36 PM

Does this help?
http://u3.sandisk.com/launchpadremoval.htm

Sounds like it. Gotta test on mine.

|Shadow · January 24, 2011, 03:07:11 AM

or you could go into the settings of U3. There's an uninstall button somewhere in there.

Packer · January 24, 2011, 04:36:25 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ye8GLPUVsM

Close but not quite.

MegaScientifical · January 24, 2011, 12:07:02 PM

Quote from: |Shadow on January 24, 2011, 03:07:11 AM

or you could go into the settings of U3. There's an uninstall button somewhere in there.

I'm pretty sure that's only for removing it from the computer it installs. Not the drive that installs it.

Freeze · January 24, 2011, 12:08:59 PM

MegaScientifical · January 24, 2011, 12:21:33 PM

Quote from: Freeze on January 24, 2011, 12:08:59 PM

U3?

SanDisk USB Drives have this crappy launchpad program on them that launches in whatever you plug it into. Not even formatting the drive clears it out.

Terror · January 24, 2011, 01:02:54 PM

There is also this alternative if you want to replace the launchpad.

U3 Tool (http://u3-tool.sourceforge.net/) is an open-source management tool (for Windows and Linux) that allows the locked U3 partition to be removed or replaced with any ISO image.