Free copy of "The Economist" magazine + memory stick

Chomeur

When you plug this in, an Adobe Acrobat document opens up automatically. This document can't be seen if you examine the contents of the drive. And I can't format the drive. Anyone know how to get rid of it?

Also it would be nice if I could stop my computer from telling me every time I plug the stick in that it could run faster if I plugged it into a USB2 connection. I was happy to be told this once, but why does it have to tell me every time? The drive works perfectly well in the USB1 connections on my laptop, and I don't want to look into getting a USB2 connection. I have better things to think about.

debitcardmayhem

Chomeur wrote: »

When you plug this in, an Adobe Acrobat document opens up automatically. This document can't be seen if you examine the contents of the drive. And I can't format the drive. Anyone know how to get rid of it?

Also it would be nice if I could stop my computer from telling me every time I plug the stick in that it could run faster if I plugged it into a USB2 connection. I was happy to be told this once, but why does it have to tell me every time? The drive works perfectly well in the USB1 connections on my laptop, and I don't want to look into getting a USB2 connection. I have better things to think about.

Is there a little switch on the USB stick which locks it ? Just a thought some do, some don't, stops writing accidentally (or in your case when you want to)

Chomeur

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Is there a little switch on the USB stick which locks it ? Just a thought some do, some don't, stops writing accidentally (or in your case when you want to)

Nope, there isn't.

steve1980

Right click on it in My Computer and format it. NTFS is quicker to read than FAT.

Sublime_2

I have a code for free headphones, HDP5 from The Guardian, but think I will go for the memory stick instead.


Thanks OP! :T

Sublime_2

I have ordered the 12 extra issues for a £1, as feel its worth it, and its esay to cancel at any time.

dmg24

Sublime wrote: »

I have ordered the 12 extra issues for a £1, as feel its worth it, and its esay to cancel at any time.

I like the Economist, always something interesting in it.

Chomeur

steve1980 wrote: »

Right click on it in My Computer and format it. NTFS is quicker to read than FAT.

The choices I've got are Fat32, Fat and exFat. When I tried it with Fat and exFat it didn't work. I just tried Fat32 and it did format, but the Adobe file still opens up when I plug the stick in. Any other ideas?

nomoneytoday

Probably needs repartitioning

patman99

Is it the same phone number/offer for the headphones?.