Memorex U3 ISO Hack
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- Author: Tyrone D
- Development Thread
This is a tested and working Idea
[edit] How To Hack The Memorex U3 Mini TravelDrive
- Go Download The Firmware Update | U3 Upgrade To The Desktop
- Choose Open and Install WinAce | WinAce Download
- After Installation of WinAce, Right-Click "U3_Launchpad_Updater_1_0_0_2" on the desktop and click "Extract to C:\...\Owner\Desktop\U3_Launchpad_Updater_1_0_0_2". You should have a new folder on your desktop now.
- Download/Extract ResHacker | ResHacker Download
- Open ResHacker.exe and Choose "File" | "Open" and then go to your desktop and open the folder U3_Launchpad_Updater_1_0_0_2 now double-click UpdaterCore.
- Expand "String Table". Expand "132". Click "1033". You should see
STRINGTABLE
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
{
2096, "Skip"
2097, "Skip All"
2098, "Retry"
2099, "Abort"
2100, "Wrong password"
2101, "%d attempt(s) before device is permanently locked"
2102, "Failed to set password. To try again, please remove your %2 and reinsert it."
2103, "%1 failed to format your %2"
2104, "Backing up your data..."
2105, "Updating the %2 firmware..."
2106, "Restoring your data ..."
2107, "Formatting your %2..."
2108, "Updating your version of the U3 Launchpad..."
2109, "1.0.5.17\n"
2110, "bin\\Launchpad.iso"
2111, "\\\\Launchpad.zip"
}
Change This And Compile Script
2109, "1.0.5.18\n"
Now go to "File" | "Save"
[edit] Close ResHacker
This just allowed you to update the drive over and over. Because in the LaunchPad.zip file the firmware version is 1.0.5.16 or 1.0.5.17 this fools the updater in to thinking the firmware isnt updated. Please DO NOT mess with the version.dat file. I dont know what will happen.
- Now you can go to your desktop then the "U3_Launchpad_Updater_1_0_0_2" folder then the "bin" folder and put your own "LaunchPad.iso" in there.
- Once done with 7 just double-click "UpdaterCore" in the "U3_Launchpad_Updater_1_0_0_2".
I am not responsible for any device damage and please do not exceed the 5MB limit. I dont know what will happen. Also dont change the "BIN" | "709" | "0" resource I dont know what will happen. If you want info on how to change the Memorex logo than go to the forum and look up the topic "Change U3 Vendor Logo"