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Thread: how to get rid of isofs

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    how to get rid of isofs

    I have a few USB drives which have a partition with isofs which is read only, containing ad or promotional material which proves very hard to get rid of. The partition is invisible in Gparted and even making the whole USB drive invisible in some of my computers. I want to know if I can dd zeros into it from 1 of my computers that can see it. Has anyone done it before and is it safe , ie will it make the whole USB drive useless?
    I would rather be Ubuntu-ing.

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    Re: how to get rid of isofs

    I've only ever seen one of those sorts of drives. I believe the partition is hardware locked, because in my limited experience, the partition can't just be 'dd'ed over. Well, they can, but it's as though you never dd'ed it.
    I try to treat the cause, not the symptom. I avoid the terminal in instructions, unless it's easier or necessary. My instructions will work within the Ubuntu system, instead of breaking or subverting it. Those are the three guarantees to the helpee.

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    Re: how to get rid of isofs

    So is there absolutely no other way to get rid of these partitions?
    I would rather be Ubuntu-ing.

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