Per Shadow:
>>i.e. how to format it and remove whatever nastyware it might be
>>carrying.
>
> Linux. Check it does not have any hidden partitions with
>cfdisk, then make a filesystem on it. Any filesystem, even ext2. You
>can always re-format later in Windows.

But that would not address the firmware issue, right?
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Pete Cresswell
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