Sandisk U3 hack ISO

Andre says:
July 16, 2009 at 4:13 am

Interesting, thank you! But there is no need to use a local web server.

- Download LPInstaller from http://www.sandisk.com/Retail/Default.aspx?CatID=1411
- Extract all files from LPInstaller.ex e in a folder (using e.g. 7-Zip)
- Create a file named qa.ini within your new folder
The file must have two lines:
[QA]
LocalISOPath=H:\iso_images\xp_pro_sp3.iso

- Run extracted ‘LPInstaller.ex e’ with parameter ‘local’
-> Start a command prompt window or click on “start” – “Run” and type the full program path:
H:\LPInstaller\LPInstaller.ex e local

It does work at least with LPInstaller version 1.0.2.36, on a Sandisk micro cruzer U3 16GB and similar, but this program won’t work for other brands!

- And, of course, run launchpadremoval.ex e to remove your .iso and start again…

Note: The LPInstaller.ex e program tells you ‘1 second remaining’ after 1 minute or so, but you will have to wait a little bit more for big images. Obviously, it doesn’t count the bytes to transfer, but is just evaluating the time it takes for a Sandisk “standard” image!