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Originally Posted by dde2
So,
first the simple question, is there a relatively easy way to fix these newer 5th gen clones? And if there is, does anyone know where there is a guide that either doesn't use linux, or explains the linux steps in layman terms?
Thanks
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Linux has become much easier to use than it was a few years ago. And it has always included the system tools that let you access the disk directly, since drives can be easily mounted and unmounted and accessed directly just like editing a file.
You don't even need to install Linux on your PC anymore in order to use it, as the most popular distributions like Puppy, Knoppix, Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, Mandriva, etc. can boot directly from CD and create a RAM disk for the runtime file system. Mac OS X is pretty much equivilent for this purpose too. Once in Linux, you can unmount the flash drive and then reformat it at a command prompt in the terminal shell window as indicated here...