![]() ![]() When you load the U3 drive, it automatically opens the U3 launcher applet (after authentication of course. PortableApps is a competing open-source, free technology and has a similar feature set – Any application built for PortableApps can be very easily converted to be U3 compliant You do have the option of deleting U3 from your drive though. ![]() What this effectively means is that you cannot buy a normal USB drive and force it to run U3 by installing a program. CD emulation (ISO) is used on the partition to ‘trick’ the windows host into launching the ‘autorun’ file and displaying the launchpad GUI. U3 drives are specially formatted and they actually contain a partition that separates the drive into two – A normal storage area, and a read-only part that emulates a CD containing the U3 code. but for my requirements (and a vast majority of you, I’m sure), it is a great fit. It comes with U3 on it, and I absolutely love this little piece of software! Now, I do realize that it is a windows-only option, proprietary code, yada, yada, yada. I recently purchased a Sandisk Cruzer Micro (4GB) USB drive. ![]()
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