usb-drive

auto-run for applescript editor

Can I make an apple script that auto runs when I put in my flash drive? I want to be able to do this so that when I put my flash drive in the computer at school I can make my presentation automatically play to save time and so i don't have to go through all my files in front of the class. We use macs at school and I have a mac. ...

USB-drive serial number under linux C++

Is there any way to determine s/n of usb-drive in linux using C++ ? If not C++ is there any other way different from hwinfo -disk and hdparm -i ? ...

Detect a USB drive being inserted - Windows Service

I am trying to detect a USB disk drive being inserted within a Windows Service, I have done this as a normal Windows application. The problem is the following code doesn't work for volumes. Registering the device notification: DEV_BROADCAST_DEVICEINTERFACE notificationFilter; HDEVNOTIFY hDeviceNotify = NULL; ::Zero...

Is it possible connect USB DRIVE to iPhone (using data cable and EAAccessory) ?

Hello, all! Is it possible connect USB FLASH DRIVE to iPhone cable and onIphone reading data from this drive ? thanks, ...

How do I change the window that appears when I insert my pen drive?

Basically all that has to be said has been said in the title. How do I make a window other than the default one pop up when I insert my pen drive into my PC? Can it come from a program in the USB itself as well? Not doing any actual coding yet. Btw- if that default window with al the options has a special name plz tell me. Just so I can ...

Run Windows XP on a usb drive virtually on Windows XP?

I am sick of not being able to run and install certain applications on my work computer due to admin restrictions (eg: Adobe AIR) . I have heard of smaller versions of Windows running on a usb thumb drive and have looked into it but can't find anything on running windows virtually from a usb drive. I would like to be able to login to th...

Can Visual Studio Express run from USB drive?

Using an arbitrary Windows machine (2000/XP or later), I can install Eclipse CDT to a USB drive move that USB drive onto a different Windows machine--one that does not have any form of Eclipse software already installed, and potentially a different version of Windows (but 2000/XP or later) use Eclipse to develop application-level C/C++...

Detect if any USB drive is detected or not using WinForm Application

I want to do the following things in my application 1) I want to display whether any USB drive is inserted or not in my application to prompt the user to insert a USB drive. I just want to notify the user if any USB dirve is inserted else prompt him to insert one using a label or something (i want to avoid messagebox as it will keep app...

How to simulate a USB drive

Hi all, Is it possible to simulate a USB drive with software only? I mean, for example, to expose a local memory space to the OS so the device manager will recognize it as a USB device. I'm not familiar with hardware implementation, but I'm sure that it is possible somehow to emulate the USB protocol. I began with this book - USB Desig...

Upon USB insert, record unique identifer sting, format drive to FAT32 and copy a file. Bash or Python.

Hello, This is what I want to do, insert USB flash drive. mount it. record uniquie identifer string to a file. format the drive to FAT32. copy a text file to the drive. unmount it. remove the drive. 30 times The situation is this, I have bought 30 usb drives. I need to format each one to ensure they are clean, I need the unique str...

How to program a bootloader..? Want a USB Flash Drive with Windows 7, XP, Vista, and perhaps 98 SE on it to use for installs

Hello again my fellow StackOverflow friends! What I would very much like to do is copy the contents of my Windows 7, Windows XP (Pro and Home SP3), Windows Vista, and assuming I have space left for it my most updated copy of 98 SE installation CDs onto a flash drive so that I can use that for any OS installs that I need to perform. Obv...

Visual Studio on an USB key?

Is this possible or does it require a local install? ...

How to safely remove a USB drive on Windows CE 5.0?

Until today, I assumed that Windows CE was writing everything to disk and I wouldn't end up with a broken FAT16 when I removed the USB stick. Today, I was proven wrong. I use a USB stick to test things on a WinCE 5.0 device. I don't write anything from the app or WinCE to the stick. I just execute my app, and my app reads its settings a...

Como saber quem está enviando dados na USB ? | How to know who is sending data on USB?

Como faço para saber se é ou o meu teclado que é USB ou o meu leitor de barcode que também é USB ? No delphi preciso saber quem enviou os dados ? How do I know whether it is my keyboard or my USB barcode reader which is sending keystrokes to me program? In Delphi, I need to know who sent the data? (courtesy of Google Translate) ...

How can i get all USB drives (plugged in).

Possible Duplicate: Get List Of USB Devices Im making a WPF app. Im looking for a way to list all plugged in USB devices (disks!) in my comboBox. I can list all drives using DriveInfo.GetDrives(), but is there a simple way to filter that to USB devices? thanx ...

Differentiating between USB flash drive and USB hard drive on Windows

Hi, I'm trying to differentiate between a USB flash drive and a USB hard drive on Windows using the Win32 API. The GetDriveType() function will return DRIVE_REMOVABLE if the drive is removable, and USB flash drives are of course removable. But I'm thinking that Windows probably considers USB hard drives removable as well (unfortunately ...

Linux: How to map a blockdevice to a USB-device?

Hi, if I plugin a USB memory stick, I see a new folder in /sys/bus/usb/devices ... thus a new USB-device. Also I see a new folder in /sys/block ... thus a new block-device. My question is: How can I get a waterproof mapping between those two devices? Means: If I get a new device in /sys/bus/usb/devices, how can I programatically (f.i...

Clearing sector zero of a removable media device

Hello, I need to clear sector 0 for removable media devices (custom USB memory devices) which I have been trying to clear within a WPF/C# application. My first attempt was to use DD, but I ran into problems. During the manufacturing of the devices a MBR is created at sector 0 and the volume (logical?) starts at sector 40. When I issu...

Discovering USB Mass Storage Devices with Java

The story behind... I really like TV shows but I go back home only twice a month. The rest of the time I live in a house without internet (close to my university though, so free wifi rocks! - when it works - ) so I needed a little software that was able to update my portable hard-disk with my new shows when I go back home where the file...

small Linux live distribution

I'm looking for a small linux live distro which would have worked wi-fi and was installed firefox. I would write it on usb-drive Which I can better write it on usb-drive in linux? ...