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HowtoPartitionaUSBFlashDrive
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AUSBFlashDrivecanbeeasilypartitionedintoamaximumof4partitions.AllthepartitionscanalsobeaccessedinWindowseasily.This
ispossibleusingatoolcalledBootice.
WhyPartitionaUSBFlashDrive?
OnlythefirstpartitionisvisibleinWindows.SotheotherpartitionscanbeusedtohidedatafromWindowsUsers
AllPartitionsarevisibleinLinux.SopartitioningyourUSBFlashDrivewillbeusefulifyouonlywantyourLinuxfriendstoaccess
dataonyourUSBFlashDrive.
Aregularwindowsformatcannotdeletetheotherpartitions.Soanaveragecomputerusercanneverdeletethedataintheother
partitions
YoucancarrybootableLinuxDistrosandPEsintheotherpartitions.
ImportantFactsaboutWindowsandUSBStorageDevices
1. USBFlashDrivescannotbepartitionedusingWindowsDiskManagement
2. USBHardDiskscanbepartitionedusingWindowsDiskManagement
3. ThirdPartyToolscanpartitionaUSBFlashDrive.Butallpartitionswillnotbevisible.Onlythefirstpartitionwillbevisible
4. AllpartitionsofaUSBFlashDrivearevisibleinLinux
5. FilterDriverscanmakeUSBFlashDrivesappearasUSBHardDisks.HencefilterdriversallowustopartitionaUSBFlashDrive
usingWindowsDiskManagement.AlsoallthepartitionsoftheUSBFlashDrivearemountedinWindowsExplorerwithDrive
letters.
OnemaindisadvantageofusingFilterdriversisthatarebootisrequiredbeforeallthepartitionsofaUSBFlashDrivecanbeaccessed.Soif
youareusingsomeothercomputer,youcannotquicklyaccessdataonyourotherpartitions.ThisproblemissolvedbyusingBootice.
FilterdriverslikeDiskmoddonotrequireareboot.

PartitionUSBFlashDriveinWindowsusingBootice
1. DownloadBooticefromhttp://bootice.narod.ru/oriPauly
2. InsertyourUSBFlashDriveandbackupallyourdata.RunBootice.exe
3. SelectyourUSBFlashDriveandclickonPartsManage.

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4. InthePartitionsManagementWindowclickonReFormatUSBDisk.

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5. UndertheDiskModeselectUSBHDDMode(MultiPartitions).UnderPartitionAlignmentModeselectAligntoCylinder.Clickon
Next.

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6. InthePartitionFormatWindowentertheSize,FileSystemandVolLabelforthepartitionsontheUSBFlashDrive.Youcanhavea
maximumoffourpartitions.ClickOK.YouwillgetafewDialogBoxes.JustclickonYesandOk

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7. YoucannowseethatyourUSBFlashDrivehasbeenpartitioned.

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AccessingthepartitionsofUSBFlashDriveinWindows
BydefaultonlythefirstpartitionofyourUSBFlashDriveshowsupinWindowsExplorer.
1. FollowSteps1to4underPartitioningaUSBFlashDriveinWindowsusingBootice
2. UnderDiskModeSelectthepartitionyouwanttoaccessandclickonSetAccessibleandClickonCancel.
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3. Youcannowaccessthepartitionyoujustsetasaccessible.Youcanonlyaccessthepartitionsonebyone.Ifyouwanttoaccessallthe
partitionssimultaneouslyyoueitherhavetouseafilterdriveroruseaLinuxOperatingSystem.

AdditionalTip
IfyoudontwantyourotherpartitionstobeaccessibleinLinux,thenyoucanhideit.FollowSteps1to4.ClickonthePartitionyouwantto
hideinLinux(andinwindowswithafilterdriver)andclickontheHideButton.TounhideitjustclickontheUnhideButton.
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21Comments+AddComment

sreeDecember2,2011at2:19am
hellobharath
veryusefulpost.appreciateyourefforttoenlightenus.canyoualsotellmeifiwanttoputfewfileswithautoruninhiddenpartition
isitpossible.whenipluginusbintocomputerwillthisautorunprogramautomaticallyopensthefile?
pl.clarifymydoubtsasaminneedofurgency.
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BharatBalegereDecember2,2011at7:52am
No.Theautorun.inffilewillnotevenbeseenbywindowsifitsonahiddenpartition.
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sreeDecember2,2011at10:51am
hellobharat,
thanxforyourreply.asyouworkedonUSBscanyouhelpmetoprovidesomeinformationtocompletemytask.
ThetaskisihvtoputonepresentationfileintheUSBwhichshouldautorun.Howevertheendusershouldnotbeableto
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tamperthesefilesnorabletodeleteeveniftheyformattheUSB.Iffilesarevisiblenoissues.
thankingyouinadvance.
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AntonyJuly2,2012at7:12pm
Isree,
Ihavesameproblemthatyoureferinyourpost.Doyouhaveanysolution?
Thankyou
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AlbertoJanuary1,2012at6:24pm
Thispostisreallyuseful.
IseeBooticeisalsoacommnadlinetool.Doyouknowhowtoautomatizetheprocessofswitchingtheaccessiblepartition?Thegoal
istohaveascriptineachpartitioninordertoswitchtotheotherone.
Thanksinadvance.
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YashPalFebruary16,2012at3:34pm
ItisheartningtoseemoreandmoreITenthusiastsinIndia(nothingchauvenisticaboutit)sharingtheirknowledgewiththeworldat
large.IthinkthisbuildingupofaknowledgebaseandsharingitisasortofprerequisiteforspreadofITawarenessinthecountry.
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BharatBalegereFebruary16,2012at8:16pm
ThankyouYash.
Idefinitelyagreewithyou.
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EricApril6,2012at12:50pm
IdoesntworkproperlywithmyUSB.
Iwantedtomake2partitions,8GBNTFSand7GBFAT.
Onitsownitmakes3partitions,128MB2,8GBand12GB.Forsomereason,ittakes4GBfrommysecondpartitionandadsitto
third.
Diskmodworksfine.)
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BharatBalegereApril6,2012at1:34pm
AfterpartitioningwithDiskmod,canyouaccessthevariouspartitionsusingBooticeonadifferentcomputer(withoutdiskmod)
?
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EricApril6,2012at2:37pm
Idonthaveanothercomputertotry.Sorry
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BharatBalegereApril6,2012at2:50pm
DisablediskmodsothatyourcomputerseesyourUSBFlashDrivenormally.Thentryaccessingthesecondandthirdpartitions
usingBootice.
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EricApril6,2012at3:10pm
IhaventtrieditbutIthinkitshouldwork.Allthreeofthemappearedbesidesetaccessiblebutton.
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EricApril6,2012at3:15pm
Iamonadifferent(public)computerrightnowwhichdoesntallowmetouseBootice.Willtryathomeandwillansweryoulater
today.
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EricApril6,2012at9:14pm
Itrieditandcanaccessallthreeofthemwithoutproblem.
Btw,IhaveUSBUFD2.0SiliconPower16G15GB.
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LeeBinderJuly6,2012at3:16pm
AWESOME!ThisisworkingformeinWin764w.a64GBLexarFlashDrive.THANKYOUPauly&Bharat!!
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LouBourqueJuly25,2012at1:58am
Ihavefollowedyourinstructionstotheletterandmanagedtopartitionfourjumpdrives.hurrah!>Mysincerethankstoyou.Youve
doneamagnificentjobhere.Despiteallthis,amnowstuckwithmylaptopthatwontrestartbecauseofsomethingIaddedandwhich
mustberemoved.Canyouhelp?Imreallyatalosttogetitstartedagain.Thanksagain.Lou
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nepalipasaDecember10,2012at9:08am
thanx..itniceworkgreat
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JamesPDecember29,2012at11:27pm
Veryusefultoolthankyou!
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JamesPDecember30,2012at7:07pm
Bytheway,Imusingthelaterv.1.02whichdoesnthavethesetaccessibleoptionformultiplepartitions.Anyparticularreason?
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BarrettDecember31,2012at6:46pm
@JamesP
Imwonderingthesamething.Iveusedboth.Theolderversionismuchbuggierandunpredictable.
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NotrequiredAugust7,2014at12:14pm
HowdoIenableaccessingallthepartitionssimultaneously.Ineedit.
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