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[Afzaal]

Sorry mates for creating new thread but
since i am new user i not have enough idea where to start

i played with my u3 smart with universal customizer maybe messed up with firmware.
drive is working ok.
but i lost the U3 smart features
now i can't see u3 cd drive on my pc.

downloaded iso for vista but it says no u3 drive found.
i am on xp sp2
please some one guide me how can i make my Kingston U3 Smart 1 gig to original state

thanks in advance

[Ed_P]

Universal Customiser was developed 2 yrs ago when the U3 partition was a CDFS drive and I don't think it had an ISO for a Kingston drive. Even if it did when you converted the drive to Vista the U3 drive is no longer CDFS so the old ISOs won't work.

BTW There's no charge for creating a new thread for a new problem.
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[Afzaal]

thanks mate for reply
kindly post here its original ISO links and the nescesory software to make it on its original state
i followed this topic
http://u3community.com/viewtopic.php?t=1607&start=9

and got error at STEP 5 (Failed to access your U3 Smart Drive.U3 hacker will now shut Down)


any help?
thanks millionz

[Ed_P]

http://u3community.com/viewtopic.php?t=434

Good luck.
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[Afzaal]

[Ed_P]

Wow!! Very happy to hear that it worked for you Afzaal.

Thanks for the update.
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[Afzaal]

One more question bro.
if i am not wrong i think its last version of launchpad right?
n thanks for being in touch
the way u helped is unforgetable

[Ed_P]

The version I have for Vista support is 1.6.1.1.3 and I believe the version I had prior to upgrading was higher than what you show although still a 1.4 version.
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Remove U3: http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2550/kw/removing%20u3%20launchpad%20on%20a%20P/r_id/101834

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[Afzaal]

[tc3176]

I think you are correct.

A lot of people don't realize that giving your U3 a Sandisk Lauchpad does not make it a Sandisk drive.

The Sandisk installer seems to be smart enough to tell the difference.

tony

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I could not find the utility to burn .iso image to my sandisk u3 drive 8GB without lousing half of the drive's space(Universal Customizer's fault), so I reversed the standard utility "LPInstaller.exe" (version 1.0.2.35) that you can download from http://www.sandisk.com/Retail/Default.aspx?CatID=1411

The instructions that I got by reversing:
1) Download LPInstaller.exe
2) Extract it(SFX RAR Archive)
3) Create in the folder file qa.ini with the following lines:

[SteveCGElliott]

I have succeeded with this technique with LPinstaller 1.0.2.36 to replace the U3 6MB CDFS on a 16GB Cruzer Mini with a Fedora 10 i386 DVD (3.4GB+). This left a 11.5GB Removable volume.

So we have a general approach on a Cruzer to replace a U3 CDFS partition with our own .iso of any size.

(Unfortunatly I then found that my BIOS does not recognise USB CDROM drives :angry: ).
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[Ed_P]

[Super Sheep]