Windows XP, USB-Stick and multiple Partitions

Posted by Bobby on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Bobby
Published on 2009-10-27T14:49:53Z Indexed on 2010/06/09 6:02 UTC
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Hello.

I've got an USB-Stick with multiple Partitions on it (FAT32 (active), FAT32, Ext2 <-- that's another story) and it seems like that my Windows XP can only mount the first partition of the stick. If I try to mount the second one using the volume manager it tells me that I need to make it active and reboot...is it really that limited or am I just missing something here?

Partitions:

  • FAT32, System Rescue CD, bootable and active
  • FAT32, some tools
  • ext2, some data (I know that I need extra drivers etc., but that's not asked here.

Edit (Solution):
Thanks to the answer with the RMB (ReMoveable Bit) I was able to dig up a solution described at this site (Section: On flash drive only the first partition works). Basically, there's an Hitachi Driver available which filters the RMB on Driver-Level, which just needs to be a little modified to function with basically every USB-Stick. All you need to do is adding the "Device Instance ID" to the driver and then use this driver.

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