RE: How to become a Windows device? (Was: possible USB virus?)
Hello,
>
> On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:09:53 -0600
> "Mark Allums" <mark@allums.com> wrote:
> > FYI, a few USB storage things were known to irrevocably
> > become Windows devices once used on Windows. This is rare
> > now. However, if you reformatted and it seems to work now,
> > forget about it.
>
> Please can you explain what do you mean by that? What is the
> thing you call "Windows device"? (Something like a roller
> blind?)
>
> Like they stopped being usable anywhere but Windows?
>
> Thanks,
> aL.
> --
> Alois Mahdal
Yes. My command of English should be better, since I am a native speaker...
By that, I mean that there was a hardware bug that caused some flash drives
to ever after be usable only under Windows after having been used once under
Windows. This is no longer a problem, unless you are very unlucky and get
one of the old afflicted devices.
Mark
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