[GRLUG] non-linux: USB drive as HDD

[Benjamin Flanders]

I read somewhere that it is possible to turn off write cache.  I
believe this would make it safe to pull out if the led isn't flashing.
 I don't know how to do it, but Google(or duckduckgo) might.


Share and Enjoy
Ben



On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Adam Tauno Williams
<awilliam at whitemice.org> wrote:
> 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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