[GRLUG] non-linux: USB drive as HDD

[Michael Mol]

This may help:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/904569

On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Benjamin Flanders <flanderb at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
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> 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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