Instruction to remove UDF Virtual Drive Partition!

WD External Drives WD Portable Drives
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Ok I just registered here just to pass along this info which I have used and it does work (tested on XP). Forgive me if there was a solution posted to resolve this issue I didn’t find one. This will DELETE that hidden partition and give you that extra space back.

Instructions are here:

http://www.nabeelkhan.com/index.php/108/smartware-wd/

In case the site is down I will copy and paste here the instructions.

  • Removed/Deinstalled All SmartWare Software from My windows box (Instruction to do that are here)
  • Start ->SearchBox-> Type cmd
  • Type> DiskPart
  • Type> list disk
  • Type> select disk 2 (This was mine, your can be different)
  • Type> clean
  • Type> create partition primary
  • Download the Utilityfrom HDDGuru.com to do the low level format
  • Install the Tool
  • Run LLF on USB Hdd
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Are you sure? I’ve seen a few of these solutions posted and all they actually end up doing is hide the firmware. If you read the replies most found it didn’t work.

Joe

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Most likely that wouldnt work. The software is embedded.

Got any screen shots?