Removing Clickfree partition

[syztemlord]

I've just recieved a Clickfree backup drive and it has a CDFS partition. How can I remove this?

The VID is 1980, and the PID is 0808.

Any help would be gratefully recieved.

[IOSys]

So far, you can't remove it, there are no known working tools floating around for newer HDD with CD-ROM ..

It's likely a Toshiba/Fujitsu HDD, somebody will have to bug them with enough support-requests to make them release the tool .

Note : The clickfree software has a autoupdate-feature, this suggests that it can at least write to the CD-ROM.

There must be some software capable of "talking" with the controller stuffed away on that CD-ROM..

Edit :

This works for some people :

http://www.techsupportlive.com/index.php?_...=29&nav=0,8

You may have to add the VID-PID of your device in the .ini.file .

[IOSys]

This is the manufacturer-tool, with manual, for xSIL 251 controller :

http://www.mediafire.com/?bgwuwq5xzbm

[syztemlord]

Thanks very much guys. I'll try them out tomorrow and let you know if I have any joy.

[syztemlord]

Thanks very much guys. I'll try them out tomorrow and let you know if I have any joy.

[syztemlord]

This is the manufacturer-tool, with manual, for xSIL 251 controller :

http://www.mediafire.com/?bgwuwq5xzbm

This tool seems to open (the other one didn't recognise my drive). When I scan the USB ports my drive does not show up so it looks like I'll need to add in the VID and PID info as suggested. I have a question though. The VID and PID for other drives (in the .ini file) is in a HEX format and also has other information such as Manufacturing and product strings. Where can I access this information from?

Here is an example of the entries in the ini file:

VID0=0x55AA

PID0=0x2B00

PRODUCTSTR0=USB 2.0 Ext. HDD

VENDORSTR0=Toshiba

SEC_PRODUCTSTR0=

SEC_VENDORSTR0=

VID2=0x55AA

PID2=0x2B33

PRODUCTSTR2=Ultra Disk Drive

VENDORSTR2=OEI-USB2

SECPRODUCTSTR2=CD-ROM Drive

SECVENDORSTR2=OEI-USB2

[IOSys]

Try : "Devicemanager/%your device%/properties/details"

or Nirsofts USBDeview http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html ( highly recommended!! )

You can convert the HEX with windows calc :

In Microsoft Windows, the Calculator utility can be set to scientific calculator mode, which allows conversions between radix 16 (hexadecimal), 10 (decimal), 8 (octal) and 2 (binary); the bases most commonly used by programmers. In Scientific Mode, the on-screen numeric keypad includes the hexadecimal digits A through F which are active when "Hex" is selected. The Windows Calculator however only supports integers.

[abtabdn]

Just posted this in a similar thread, thought I'd drop it here for you to try. Got it from an Acomdata guy (formerly duramicro). If it's an incompatible HDD then it'll tell you so, so no worries there.

http://www.mediafire.com/?xjhmqztz0vj

[Mr Brainz]

I've got the same drive and I'm trying to do the same thing.

That last Toshiba tool just crashed when I tried to use it. I'm on Windows 7.

None of the other tools posted here work for me.

Anyone got any other ideas?

Would appreciate any help.

Thanks.