I recently reformatted one (using fdisk and mkfs.vfat), saved some files to it and inserted it in my wife's computer (which runs MS Windows XP). When I opened the drive, I noticed that it suddenly had a "Documents" folder (with four empty subfolders) and a "LaunchU3.exe" file.
Where did these files come from? I reformatted the disk! How did MS Windows know that it was a Cruzer SanDisk?
The strange behavior didn't end there however. After I reinserted the disk in my own computer (which only runs Debian), I noticed another folder called "System" with a subfolder called "Apps" that contains two files: "LPDB.xml" and "LPGDB.xml."
Here's the code from the "LPGDB.xml" file:
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<LPGDB>
<DONOTSHOW></DONOTSHOW><RUNNINGTIME></RUNNINGTIME><PROGRAMS></PROGRAMS><DONOTSOUND></DONOTSOUND>
<DEVICELABEL>USB</DEVICELABEL><DEVICElABELFLAG>0</DEVICElABELFLAG><UpdatesAutoCheck>1</UpdatesAutoCheck><LastAutoCheckTime>1197039958</LastAutoCheckTime></LPGDB>
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<LPDB/>
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