Re: USB cable disconnect/reconnect, but via software?

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In news:44096735$1$29735$4fafbaef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
az@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <az@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello to all,
I've bought a CF/etc.. card reader, which sits into a floppy drive
slot. Really nice to have an internal card reader, I thought. But
then I realized that the fact that it is internal has put me in big
trouble, since when I need to remove the CF card, I do it in the safe
way, i.e. clicking on the tray icon "Stop USB Mass Storage Device".

I don't do that just to remove a card. I just make sure the light isn't
flashing. The card is not a device, like a USB flash memory thingy is.
I THINK I'm right about this.

Well, then the only way to get another card recognized is either a
reboot or disconnecting and reconnecting the physical cable.

How about using the "discover new hardware" function in the control
panel?.......NO! just tried it. It will discover the device but it has a
yellow exclamation point. Now I have to reboot :(

I'm sincerely astonished that in 2006 one HAS TO unplug and replug a
cable in order to get recognized again a device.

You are right. I am amazed too. Always thought "discover new HW would work.
I wonder what's different between a reboot and a "look for new hardware..."

Any other opinions on the safety of just pulling the CF card w/o "ejecting"
the USB device? I'm curious.
--
Jim Nugent
jim.nugent@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



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