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Step 1
Open your USB drive. And Right click on empty space.
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Step 2
Go to New, and Click on 'Text Document'.
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Step 3
This wil create new text file on your usb drive. Open the text file and write down following:
[autorun]
label=Your Name (###-###-####)
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Step 4
Go to File, and click 'Save As'. In 'File name:' box, write down 'autorun.inf'. (Check video.)
From 'Save As Type:' box, select 'All Files'. Click Save. -
Step 5
This will create autorun.inf file on your usb drive. (Make sure that you create this file in the root directory or your usb drive, not inside any folder.)
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Step 6
You can right click on the autorun.inf file and go to properties. On the General tab, check box of 'Hidden' and 'Read only'. This will hide the file, so it is not visible to anyone unless they have 'Show hidden files and folders' enabled, which most people do not have. (This is not shown in video tutorial.)
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Step 7
So, Now whenever you plugin the USB into any computer, it will show your information in the 'My Computer'.
This is fairly easy tip, but it can reap great benefits if you ever lose your USB drive! -
Step 8
You can eve put your photo as an ICON for USB flash drive!
Comments
L1onherd said
on 7/15/2008 great article
LilacGirl said
on 7/14/2008 Thanks for sharing this information.