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FuM

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its a verbatim i was messing around with it ( 512 meg flash) and i was setting 450 megs of it to private then i formatted it like a dumbass
and now i only got 50 megs of space on it how do i get my full 512 back i tried formatting it 7 times
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I suggest trying the manufacturers web page for an answer. Good luck.
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i tried lol it has something to do with the verbatims security thingy that comes with the flash drive
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Hi FuM

I assume you used Verbatims V-Safe utility to create the private storage area, right?
In which case you need to go to the v-safe settings window & click format. Enter your password then resize the privacy zone section of the flash stick to zero percent. This should get rid of the privacy zone & recover the lost space.
Be warned of course that you will lose any data stored inside the privacy zone.
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when i run v safe it says please insert store n play or run as a privalaged user i kinda messed it up badly :tazz:

i kinda changed its name what should its name be?

ty samm for helping me it means alot :) happy new years

Edited by FuM, 28 December 2005 - 03:50 PM.

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How do mean you changed its name?
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i jsut went back to store and got an exchange meh screw fixing it let office max do that
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Thats cool, certainly one way of solving the problem!
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and the fastest :tazz: thx samm btw
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