U3 smart technology

[evilfantasy]

I recently got a SanDisk Cruzer Micro 8GB which has the U3 technology. It is pretty cool but I am wondering if anyone uses the U3 and if it is worth keeping on the drive or not. Is it really useful or just taking up space? Any problems with it etc.
 
Also when I launched the drive it asked if I wanted to use the U3 and I accepted it. Am I now stuck with

[patio]

It can be removed...
Instructions

NOTE: On most drives once removed it cannot be re-installed...
But that's OK....
Travel Here  and build the drive the way YOU want it.

Iremove U3 from every drive that has it.

[evilfantasy]

Thanks. I at first thought the launch pad was very cool but then applied my reasoning of cool + computers doesn't always = good.

[patio]

That will now be known as EF's Computer Theorem # 23....

How true it is also.

[evilfantasy]

Class dismissed

[smitty10492]

I love my U3 flash drive 

it can be so helpful when your working on a project at home and at school

[Kip]

I have two SanDisk flash drives which came with U3 on them.  I used the U3 system for a few weeks but then removed U3 and installed a program called PStart.  PStart is a menu that can be customized more than the U3 menu and PortableApps menu.  One draw back to PStart is it can not start automatically when you insert your flash drive unless you have USBDLM on the computer.

You can read my blog for how to get autorun for USB memory drives and some portable programs I use.

[evilfantasy]

Yup, the U3 had to go. It was cool at first but none of the U3 stuff works with anything from portableapps.com. I certainly don't want to spend $$$ putting bells whistles and farts on it if I can do it free elsewhere.

I will look into USBDLM. Looks interesting.

Also check out http://www.cdmenupro.com/

[Aegis]

Thanks for the thread, EF.

I, too, have a SanDisk.  So far, I've not used the U3.  I was thinking about removing it.  Of course, Patio knows everything about reconfiguring the thing!   

[soybean]

Thanks for the thread, EF.

I, too, have a SanDisk.  So far, I've not used the U3.  I was thinking about removing it.  Of course, Patio knows everything about reconfiguring the thing!   

Since U3 automatically launches, I have the impression you don't really have U3 on that drive.  If you did, you'd see it launch when you connect your flash drive to the computer.

[soybean]

Yup, the U3 had to go. It was cool at first but none of the U3 stuff works with anything from portableapps.com.

Right, U3 apps and poratableapps apps are designed to work with U3 or poratableapps; they can't be used interchangeably between U3 and poratableapps.  However, both U3 and poratableapps have many free apps and, in some cases, they have the same free apps such as OpenOffice.org.

[Aegis]

I ought have explained that U3 does launch automatically in its own window.  I've been ignoring it.  I close the window, and use the folders I created.  What really annoys me about U3 is that you can't delete its default folders - it seems to recreate them.

[soybean]

Doesn't it have just two default folders, Documents, and System?

[CBMatt]

Iremove U3 from every drive that has it.

Same here.  If I get a drive with U3, I immediately remove it.