U3 Flash Drive

[Sil-Abc]

ok i kno someone made a thread about the u3 flash drive but i cant find it cause one its only 2 characters and two iuno where to find it so ill make another thread for some quick answers

1) can any program be installed onto it? or does it have to be from their website or whatever they offer? i wanted to install warcraft onto it but i dont think they have that on their site

2) whats a good brand disregarding price? i plan to get a 8gb one so ya.

[HyperTek]

whats a U3 flash drive? Im not familur with U3, but any flash drive works, ive had a few Sandisk Cruzier flash drives.

Used it in my old car for Mp3 storage, couldnt beat it =p
http://tunerbase.com/temp/benz/100_1745.JPG

I just reread u wanted to install apps on the flash drive? I dont think it will work very well, will be MAD SLOW!!!

[flip3d]

U3 is shitty excuse for a file system. When you get your flash drive, format it with FAT32 and install whatever you want. It's like a hard drive with no moving parts.

[pignose4life]

u3 flashdrives are badass has os on so you can install stuff onto it like mini web browsers for schools that block applications. im pretty sure you can install games onto my friend did

[Sil-Abc]

the U3 is like a personal computer on a flash drive. u just plug it into any comp with a usb port and run ur own programs on the flash without disrupting the computer ur using. its like using ur own computer programs, files, music on someones elses computer.

i found some other stuff but im not sure if anyone knows how good it is like i found something called the packagefactory to convert ur own programs into the U3 format but iuno how good it is. anyone have experience with it?

[BustedS13]

U3 is shitty excuse for a file system. When you get your flash drive, format it with FAT32 and install whatever you want. It's like a hard drive with no moving parts.

+1, U3 is kind of shitty. just format. if you want portable apps.... go to www.portableapps.com (http://www.portableapps.com)
i'm using portable firefox and portable VLC right now, Sandisk Cruzer 2gb, formatted FAT32.

[Sil-Abc]

how do u format it with FAT32? im not the computer type person as u can tell haha

[Pank]

the U3 is like a personal computer on a flash drive.

no, its like a flash drive on a flash drive, plus a bunch of automated services and nice scripting.

ie, shit you can do yourself with a 30 dollar drive

u3 flashdrives are badass has os on so you can install stuff onto it like mini web browsers for schools that block applications. im pretty sure you can install games onto my friend did

YOU CAN DO THIS WITH A NORMAL FLASH DRIVE

[SimpleS14]

how do u format it with FAT32? im not the computer type person as u can tell haha


Use a program like SwissKnife

http://www.compuapps.com/Download/swissknife/swissknife.htm

[kyoru]

Just get an ordinary one and install xp on it:
http://www.everythingusb.com/windows_xp.html

Oh for brand, stick to the standard house hold brands like Sandisk, cheaper ones are usually iffy.

[pignose4life]

just rightclick the drive and click format haha

[S14DB]

I like U3. Everything else tends to be slow and buggy.

[BC240]

I have seem someone install Ubuntu (linux) onto a flash drive. Can't get much more secure then that, take your OS with you

[tgd89]

Format you drive with a NTFS file system, and you could install windows and whatnot. Regular programs can be installed on a flash drive given all they need to run is whatever is in the contents of the instalation folder, ie: not registry or system files.

[!Zar!]

wOw.

hahaha. You're gay.


I need to look into this U3.

Can't believe I let something like this slip by me.