I think most manufacturers will jump on this bandwagon. I believe the
virtual CD drive that's loaded is in most cases actually firmware in the
enclosure, and not on the disk itself. This makes it easy to update, plus
easy to install a backup client on the end customers PC via autoruns.
It's a pretty slick way to deploy a backup drive - for a home PC that is.
I've seen HP, WD, and Seagate products that work this way. The HP I have
first hand experience with - you cannot remove the software as it's integral
to the device. But it can be ignored ;-).
One now has to pay particular attention to the USB disk at purchase time.
When USB 3 is mainstream, it adds another wrinkle.
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Les Connor [SBS MVP]
"Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" wrote in message
news:163299c5-3799-4b87-bafd-ebfc7a5e274d@communitybridge.codeplex.com...
> OK... So Windows 2008 backup has problems with the following drives
> because the crapware cannot be completely removed from them. Any others
> we can add to the list?
>
> Western Digital NESN drives
> Iomega Ego drives
>
>
> --
> Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
> ============================
> "JMFtech" wrote in message news:f88f5b52-5f29-46ae-92e7-66adf0c4f034...
> The conversation went like this:
>
>
>
> Chat Dialog
>
>
>
> David H.: Im sorry there is no way to delete this partition. It holds the
> encryption software that you have to use to access the drive.
> Joseph : I don't want to use the encryption software.
> David H.: Im sorry.
> Joseph : I don't need to use that software to use the free space of the
> drive, correct?
> David H.: You have to use the software to unlock the drive then you can
> use the free space.
> Joseph : please explain...
> Joseph : My drive shows up as a CD volume and a 930GB volume.
> Joseph : I deleted the 930GB volume and ready to format.
> David H.: Ok then the drive is already unlocked.
> Joseph : Why do I need the CD volume at all?
> Joseph : Can I just remove the CD volume drive letter?
> David H.: Because it holds the encryption software that you have to use
> to access the drive.
> Joseph : But I never used it and I already delted the volume.
> David H.: Also if you try and remove this volume it voids your warranty.
> Joseph : the volume is there.
> Joseph : I don't want to use the encryption software.
> David H.: Then you dont have to. But you cannot remove the cd volume.
> Joseph This was never explained in the description of the product when
> purchasing.
> Joseph : I see that many people are unhappy about this while researching
> the reviews.
> David H.: Im sorry.
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> David H.: Thank you for contacting Iomega Technical Support, my name is
> David H.. How may I help you?
> Joseph : i NEED TO DELETE THE CD PARTITION FROM THESE DRIVES.
> David H.: Thank you for contacting Iomega's Online Support Services. May
> I please have the serial number of your Iomega product?
> Joseph : I just want 1 blank volume to format.
> Joseph : Sure...I typed it in twice already to get to this point
> though...
> Joseph : H6AA4109
> David H.: Thanks. Please give me a few moments while I do a little
> research.
> Joseph : H6AA410
MVP - SBS
