Well, I have a USB (cruzer micro 1gb to be exact) that has the ability to make the computer read it as having two drives. One being the information part, and one drive that reads as a DVD. The DVD part allows it to auto run and load up the menu to it when pluged in. Is it posible to make a non cruzer USB do the same? I want to take a larger USB and make it read like a DVD. Is it posible? Thankyou so much!
Well there isn't a global technology that I'm aware of to replace the U3 feature of your Cruzer Micro, but depending on what you are trying to acomplish you could make files on a USB read like a DVD. There are however two critical flaws depending on what you are looking to do. 1) It will involve a bit of setup and teardown when you want to do so, so it is a step in the wrong direction if you are just looking for convienince like auto-playing. 2) Said setup involves instalation of drivers which you often can't do at a public computer such as a school or library. First you need to get the files you want into a disk image so that it "looks" like a DVD. LC ISO Creator is a nice one for doing that, albeit it can be too simple at times. Then you would need to use a program to mount the above disk image so that the computer will actually try to read it like a DVD and not just a file. Win CD Emu is a nice program for doing so. Hope this helps
There is a way to set an autoplay function, but not have it show two drives without a hassle. The Windows method for this is as follows: 1. Spoiler Open up a blank file in Notepad. It can be found in the Start Menu under All Programs » Accessories or by searching "notepad" in the search bar below the programs menu. Once open, you must enter this text. [autorun] open=autorunfile.exe icon=autorunfile.exe action=Name of Action label=Name of Device open= is the file that you wish to automatically execute when the drive is plugged in. icon= is the location of the icon that you wish to show for the command. If the program itself has an icon, then you may simply put the location of the program here as well and it will use the icon attached to it. Another image may be used if necessary. The icon, like the program being executed, must be put on to the root directory of the device if it is to be found by the system. action= is the name of the action that will show up in the autoplay menu seen below. Enter whatever you want here. label= is the name of the device. This is optional. It will set a label for the device such that this is what you will see next to it when you go the My Computer menu to look at your mounted drives. 2. Spoiler When saving, be sure to set the file type to 'All Files' (pictured below). Save the file with the name autorun.inf in the root directory (main folder) of your USB device. This is important. If the file is not named autorun.inf or is not in the root directory, then the system will not pick it up when you plug in the device. The program you wish to load (in this case autorun.exe) must also be in the root directory. If it is not, then you will have to change the file path for the open= and icon= settings. Example: Spoiler [autorun] open=shellrun.exe default.htm icon=shellrun.exe action=Start ShellRun-USB label=ShellRun-powered USB This will run shellrun.exe with default.htm as an argument. It will cause a box to pop up when you plug in the device. It looks like this: Choose the first option to run the autoplay file. If the computer is set to automatically run autoplay files, then you will not have to take this step, but most computers will have it enabled by default as an extra precaution against malicious media. Enjoy your USB device.
