Thanks for the responses, guys. I must have been out of town or something when Donny was experiencing the same things I went through. I don’t recall reading that thread before. I took my first Cruzer back as well. When Scott told me he’s gotten an identical one to work, I went back out and got another Cruzer (on sale again) and experienced the same things all over again. Then in desperation, I posted last evening.

Scott, I followed your procedure exactly, but when I get to the step that calls for “Delete Partition” that action is not available to me (it’s one of those faint gray guys that means it is not an option). I’ve earlier tried some deletions and re-formatting on this Cruzer, so maybe a few things changed that affect the partition deletion option – I don’t know.

Why can’t all of these things work out of the box as the Staples unit did for Donny?
(I guess that’s more of a criticism of the Tyros OS than the flash drive, because the unit works on my PC). I’d like to give this thing one more try before punting again. Scott, maybe you and I have to chat on the phone one more time.
Paul C.