[GRLUG] non-linux: USB drive as HDD

[Casey DuBois]

I'm interested to know more about this drive..
Hitachi??  any model or part numbers??
Is is USB2 or 3?



On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Eric Beversluis <
ebever at researchintegration.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 2011-12-12 at 15:52 -0500, Adam Tauno Williams 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.
> That's what I was guessing. Fortunately I don't have to use the drive
> very often on that box.  Thanks.
>
> >
> > > 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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