[GRLUG] non-linux: USB drive as HDD

[Adam Tauno Williams]

On Mon, 2011-12-12 at 15:51 -0500, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> If the drive light on the external HDD is not on or flickering, can I
> assume it's safe just to pull the USB plug? Or is there some other
> process I should use?

Shutdown before disconnecting it. 

> Any ideas why Windows is treating it this way? One thought I had is that
> the drive has a bunch of Acronis tib's on it. Could these be confusing
> Windows?

I've seen Windows do this; especially if the partition on the HD is NTFS
[vs FAT].  I've got no idea how to 'force' a volume to be removable.

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