how to remove boot area from flash drive


  1. merlin666
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    Win 7 Professional 64bit
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    how to remove boot area from flash drive


    I am using a few USB sticks for readyboost and always have them in my hub. One of them was temporarily used to create an Ubuntu Live stick, but now that I removed Ubuntu from it about 32Mb remain used and I assume there is some bootable info in it, as Win7 is no longer booting with this stick inserted. I have tried formatting but this does not help. Is there a way to wipe the USB stick clean and remove any boot sector info?
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  3. theog
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    ME/XP/Vista/Win7
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    Use the CLEAN ALL command
    Disk - Clean and Clean All with Diskpart Command
    Than remake the partition
    Partition or Volume - Create New
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  4. kiks
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    Windows 7 32bit
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    theog said:
    Use the CLEAN ALL command
    Disk - Clean and Clean All with Diskpart Command
    Than remake the partition
    Partition or Volume - Create New
    This really helped. Thanks.
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