question on naming flash drives (thumb keys or whatever you call them)

thegelding

i have a 128 mb usb flash drive that when i plug it into a mac computer it comes up No_Name on the desktop....that is ok with me, but my co-worker has one too and it says the same thing and it is driving him mad that he can not name it...i couldn't care less, but he is bugging me daily to name his freakin flash drive....so save me from a murder trial and please tell me how to name his drive so he can leave me alone (i am the "mac" guy at work it seems)...



thanks....g

paul

try formatting it... do it in a DOS fs tho so you can still use it cross-platform (unless all you use are macs)

if you go DOS i think it can only be 8 chars with no spaces and all caps

if you go HFS+ or whatever there will be no restrictions...



or you could just tell the guy that there is no way to do it and to leave you alone...

vandewaals

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Originally posted by Paul

try formatting it... do it in a DOS fs tho so you can still use it cross-platform (unless all you use are macs)

if you go DOS i think it can only be 8 chars with no spaces and all caps

if you go HFS+ or whatever there will be no restrictions...



or you could just tell the guy that there is no way to do it and to leave you alone...

Expanding on the above...



Open Disk Utility with the thumb drive plugged in and do a format of the DISK...not the VOLUME. Pick the DOS file format and you'll be free to rename the thumbdrive as per above.

thegelding

thank you all...it is now named and he can leave me alone till the next silly thing he wants done....





g

pfflam

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Originally posted by thegelding

g

g, where you bin?



and why not adding your ever elloquent voiceto the glorious din at AO?

thegelding

pfflam....love hearing from you...saw a post from you in General Discussion the other day and almost threw a hi out to you...you rarely leave AO it seems....i asked brad to make AO dissappear for me and he did...i don't even have an option to view or post to AO at this time....i am liking it so far, but i may head back to AO soon...i miss many of the people there....others not so much and that is why (for my sanity) i needed a "forced" exile....



i always loved your eloquent posts





g

ghost_user_name

If you want back, g, just give the word.



I'm warning you, though, the same zealotry that was happening a few months ago is still going strong today. It ain't pretty.

scott

Hence my sig'

thegelding

not anywhere near ready yet brad...but thanks for the offer...my sanity is much stronger without visits to AO...perhaps i will just send a pm every now and then to the folks i miss....





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709

I personally miss your *special brand* of insight g.

709

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Originally posted by Brad

I'm warning you, though, the same zealotry that was happening a few months ago is still going strong today. It ain't pretty.

Zealotry, sure, but not nearly as bad as FSC was. I find that AO is a precarious mix of fluff and fire nowadays. The old FSC threads are included now of course, but it's not as bad as when FSC got jammed into AO out of the blue and everyone freaked. It's a kinder, gentler FSC that AO has become. Doesn't suck IMO.