fake diskonkey

lattesurf · #11 (**permalink**) 25th Jan 2007, 10:25 am

lior , i don't have any idea what your diskonkey would be like.

I'll suggest that you contact your seller and get the required formatting tool.

jctoad · #12 (**permalink**) 26th Jan 2007, 2:29 am

lior, try reading this thread http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic17341.html

lattesurf · #13 (**permalink**) 26th Jan 2007, 6:54 am

jctoad , the method mentioned in the thread link was the same i advised lior to do, but seems like it still could not format.

Does anyone know what a diskonkey is?

Que · #14 (**permalink**) 26th Jan 2007, 8:22 am

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Does anyone know what a diskonkey is?

A fancy name for an usb memory stick, disk-on-key, used by Intuix. I got one a couple of weeks ago from someone that wanted me to search drivers for it for her win98 install. The HP format tool worked okay with it on win2000 and winXP.
LIOR, maybe Partition Magic (a program) can fix it, download some trial or full, and give that a go. It can do things windows refuses to do.

jctoad · #15 (**permalink**) 26th Jan 2007, 11:51 am

lattesurf, When lior first started talking about the problem in another thread, I didn't know what Diskonkey was either. I was surprised to find out that it made PC World's The 50 Greatest Gadgets of the Past 50 Years list at #9. However, I don't think their list was perfect, but it was interesting to read.

I also had suggested the HP tool. The Killdisk might be worth a try. If you go through page after page of that thread I posted a link to and nothing works, lior may just have to face the fact that it is broken.

lattesurf · #16 (**permalink**) 26th Jan 2007, 12:49 pm

Ok, a little researching on the net tells me that the DiskOnKey is a portable "harddrive". So this probably explains why lior is able to play videos from the computer, but fails to play from the DiskOnKey due to codec.

But since it works like a "harddrive", it is puzzling why windows disk management does not work.

Definitely try Que's suggestion of Partition Magic. Great software, might just solve your problem.

jctoad · #17 (**permalink**) 27th Jan 2007, 2:12 am

I don't think that it is actually a hard drive. They just called it that probably because the term flash drive hadn't been coined yet.

From diskonkey.com :

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What utilities can I use to low-level format my DiskOnKey?

Most utilities on the market can be used with DiskOnKey. Make sure to review the software utility user manuals for complete instructions and capabilities.

I have problems getting Partition Magic to see usb drives, so I didn't suggest it.

Look at http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtrouble_e.html the last section "Format an USB drive"

I think I suggested in the other thread to try fdisk. Boot to a Win98 startup disk. Then you can run fdisk.
If you can get DOS to see the diskonkey, it might work.

tadad1 · #18 (**permalink**) 27th Jan 2007, 2:33 am

Here is a Low-Level format tool that may help.
http://uploaded.to/?id=oqlht6

impeeza · #19 (**permalink**) 29th Jan 2007, 10:23 am

For remove the hack in a Disk on Key you can use the test disk See this post to remove the partition table and the use the HP usb format tool to format to the real capacity you cant get it in the download section

impeeza · #20 (**permalink**) 14th Feb 2007, 1:21 pm

Hello everybody, i am get in a trouble, just when i want get to sleep my neighbor ask me to help with his USB memory, she is a great friend of my wife so i can't get out of troubles:

the USB Memory is a "SONY VAIO 4GB" but when i connect Windows recognice it as a 128 GB :shock: drive i did use TESTDISK to remove all partitions and write a new MBR, then use killdisk to wipe all disk but the geometry of disk still show 128 GB so any partition i try to make is 128 GB long.

any idea??