Pen Drive Hidden Partition

thanks for the updates on this, but the pendrive is now on the way to the local dump.

but hopefully this thread will help others if they ever come across this.

cheers guys

Gads! I hate to see anything thrown away, that may still have some use left in it.

I am still running a video card that most would have thrown away, years ago.
It was many years ago now, when it started throwing colored pixels all over the screen. I immediately recognized that as a video RAM problem. I took the vid card out of the PC and took it to the kitchen sink, where I scrubbed the ram chips with soap and water and an old toothbrush. After a thorough rinsing in Denatured Alcohol I set the card out on the porch to dry in the afternoon sun. Later I reinstalled that card back into the PC and it's been running flawlessly ever since. I do the same for RAM sticks that start throwing errors.

I remember an old saying from my distant past, "Waste not, Want not".
I was born into a generation where we'd never throw away anything that could possibly be repaired.

Last year, my neighbors threw out a beautiful chrome stand fan because it wouldn't run any more. I took it home, freed up the stuck bearings and I use it to this day. And, with the hot weather we've been having, it's been a life saver.
"Waste not, Want not"

Cheers mates (stay cool)

The Doctor