[GRLUG] non-linux: USB drive as HDD

[Eric Beversluis]

On Mon, 2011-12-12 at 16:08 -0500, Casey DuBois wrote:
> I'm interested to know more about this drive..
> Hitachi??  any model or part numbers??
> Is is USB2 or 3?
Hitachi XL1000 USB2
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> 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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