A truly effective partitioning method for u disk

I read a lot of posts, found that you want to be a U-disk division of the majority of friends are like me, want to use a U disk to make a boot disk at the same time take into account file storage, the purpose of the partition is very simple, is to make the start-up part of a separate zone, in order to avoid in the day-to-day application of Simply put the u disk into the boot disk + file storage area.

First talk about my painful experience: The new Kingston 8GU disk, in advance to do the WIN7PE boot disk can be used normally, in the process of making this startup disk by default has been the U disk format into the HDD format. I don't recognize a U disk under Windows with a regular pqmagic8.0, use CD-ROM boot into the DOS Toolbox, start Pqmagic DOS version, this time it is the USB disk as the second hard disk, so the beginning of the happy partition, the primary partition will be reduced, and then in the remaining space to establish a second partition, and then format, click Application, PQ began operation, at the end of the Operation PQ prompted a mistake, see a half-day can not correct, had to choose to ignore. Then restart the computer, into Windows a look depressed, the U disk only left the first partition 600M size, which is the original boot file Yes, but the new section of the second partition does not show. No way to restart the CD-ROM boot into the DOS, and then start PQ A look, the boy: PQ incredibly will U disk Second Division recognized as more than 1400 g. It seems that the partition table error, there is no way to remove the new partition, to see if it can be restored to the original single partition, the results of repeated attempts to remove the second partition completely (no matter how to operate in the second partition, the remaining space is always more than 1400 g, Halo!!). Forced to start again into Windows, this is a good u disk is recognized, but the first partition also did not, a bit of a U disk, on the tip of the drive does not have disks, please insert, look at the property has become raw format, you want to format can not operate. After the painful experience will not say, in accordance with the instructions of many online posts, download n production tools, want to restore the U disk to the original state, the result is not a success. I think that there may be I will not use the production of tools, but there is no doubt that the mass production tool is too cumbersome, too easy to make mistakes, too not easily used, not super master, do not expect to be done by mass production tools.

No way, finally have to admit that the brand new 8GU is void.

At last, we consulted countless online data. Have to admit a reality: U disk can not be truly divided into two single areas to use, because Windows XP above the operating system does not support the mobile Flash device partition (mobile hard disk exception), if you must partition, under Windows can only display the first partition, the following section is not visible. The specific reason is hard to say clearly, I speculate that may be the early U disk capacity is relatively small, so at the time of the development of U disk standard, the partition table does not support multiple partitions, now despite U disk capacity rapid, but there is no new standards.

At present, some mass production tools known as can be a large capacity U disk analog into a mobile disk + a CDROM, or (a cryptographic area + a unencrypted area), I have tried several production tools, but this tool is not the average person can master and correctly applied, And for different USB stick to find the corresponding mass production tool is not an easy thing, unless you buy a U disk with the corresponding tools, otherwise it is really necessary to go online to find a matching mass production tool is not an easy thing.

All right, let's cut the crap and talk about how I solved the problem.

After the first partition has been discarded by a 8GU disk, depressed for a long time, but also on the internet to find a lot of so-called can support U disk partition software, tried n times, but no exception failed, is not able to partition is divided the area after Windows do not recognize the numerous posts, no one can really solve the problem.

Just want to give up when the heart is still not give up, is also a flash, remember to use Diskgenius to U disk partition, can be partitioned, although Windows does not recognize the second partition, and finally forced to use the tool to remove the second partition. In other words, although Windows does not recognize the second partition, but the second partition does exist, then can the home of the second partition as the boot partition??

Say dry, change a new 8GU disk, start Diskgenius, first set up a primary partition (7G), the remaining space established as a second partition, and then set the second partition activation, with Diskgenius format, in the format of the process has a write DOS system options, Select this option when you format the second partition and get it done quickly. Pull down the U disk, and then plug in, open "My Computer", show only 7G capacity, OK reboot into the BIOS select U disk boot, and then boot, tight waiting, finally appeared bootfromusb, and soon appeared a DOS prompt C:, with the dir command a view, Inside are some of the basic DOS files. Inside haha finally finished.

Unfortunately, the use of Diskgenius direct production of this U disk can only be launched into the DOS, and the accompanying tool software is very little, in addition to play a starting role, basically not much use. Of course, familiar with the DOS friend can collect some common DOS tools on the hard disk, and then through the boot disk into the DOS after the device to the U disk, but this is always a problem and regret the question, can not use PE is too regrettable.

Can you make this startup disk into a PE starter? Because Windows does not recognize U disk second partition, so if the direct use of PE production tools only one outcome: U disk two partitions will be reformatted into a single partition, it is not possible to write the boot file directly to the second partition above.

After repeated groping, I finally managed to use the U disk Second partition load PE method.

The first step, using this Startup disk to create a can use the PE boot disk, no surprise, this time the U disk will be reformatted into a single partition.

The second step, open the Diskgenius, the U disk back to the mirror file, the default file suffix named PMF.

The third step, with Diskgenius delete u disk partition, repartition. First, create a second partition, and activate the second partition. Because the first partition is the primary storage partition used in Windows, the primary capacity is placed in the first partition, and the second partition allows for about 200M of disk swap space depending on the size of your PE file.

The fourth step, with Diskgenius will be divided into two partitions respectively formatted.

The fifth step, using Diskgenius previously backed up by the mirror file to write U disk Second partition.

And then everything ok!!

Reboot Select U disk started, haha now you have to do is to enjoy the fun of PE.

Enter PE after the U disk is still shown as removable disk, but the space is less than hundreds of trillion, you in this U disk above no matter how the operation will not affect the boot system, not to worry about starting the system infected with the virus, because Windows is not recognized.

The last point of experience: Choose PE must be a lot of effort, it is best to choose a boot to the desktop before loading all the application of the PE version, although any one of the PE version of this method can be produced after the smooth start to the desktop, But if it is the kind of first boot to the desktop and then load the application version, because either WinXP or Win7 do not support the second U disk partition, PE also does not support, then enter the PE desktop, the application of the load is not successful, which will lead to even though the PE desktop, But a lot of tool software is not open.

This is not a problem if you have a PE version that has all the applications loaded before you go to the desktop. I use the win7pe3.1 Perfect network version, the size of about 314M. All applications can be used properly after entering the desktop.

As to whether Vista supports the second partition of U disk I don't know, I don't seem to have seen the PE version based on Vista at present