How to get rid of preinstalled software on my HD-PXTU2

[Biff Liff]

I have been using my Buffalo HD-PXTU2 for a while. Something that's bothering me is that the preinstalled partitioning shows up everytime I plug it in as an extra disc with a drive letter (Called: 'Cd-station (F:) Utility_HD-PXTU2').

I just want an harddrive with my files. How do I get rid of Drivenavigator and all the other extra's? And especially: how do I make my disc show up as one drive letter with one name only? I tried formatting the drive, but that didn't help.

I hope someone can help me out here. It shouldn't be too dicifficult.

[davo]

You can try this process to remove the CDFS.

http://blog.paulgu.com/windows/delete-gpt-protective-partition/

[Biff Liff]

Thanks Davo. However, this wasn't the solution.

It turns out the disk I want to erase is a seperate chip. It's close to impossible to get reid of it.
http://windowssecrets.com/forums/showthread.php/125707-How-to-delete-a-CDFS-partition-on-a-hard-drive

I'm gonna leave it there and accept it, although I hate such a thing.

[ChrisBarr]

Hi Biff Liff,

Just came across this post as I was trying to do the same thing. I've found a solution that works for me so I thought I'd share it here =).

If you go to Computer Management in windows and open the Disk Management (Open Windows Explorer --> Right Click "My Computer" or "This PC" --> Click Manage --> Click Disk Management) you should see all your storage devices listed. Including the awful Utility_HD-PXTU2.

Right click on Utility_HD-PXTU2 and choose "Change Drive Letter and Paths..."

Select whatever letter it is that's there and then click "Remove"

You'll see a prompt asking "are you sure blah blah" just click yes.


Now if you go to Windows Explorer the disk should be gone =).

Hope this helps.

Chris