Re: What other ways are there to remove a harddrive?
- From: Unk <not@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 17:04:45 -0500
On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 05:59:33 -0800, "Zach" <Zach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Normally you would go to the start bar and tell it to remove hardware safely,
but that option was disabled by accident because the local group policy
disabled certain things, such as changing anything on the start bar. What
other ways are there to remove a flash drive safely? Does telling it to
eject in My Computer do it or do I still have to tell it to remove safely
somehow?
Your headers show Windows 2000. Optimize for quick removal is not available in Win2k
Windows 2000 does include an option to enable/disable write caching
Right-click "My Computer", Properties, Hardware Tab, Device Manager.
Expand "Disk Drives", Right-click the USB flash drive, Properties.
To disable write caching, click the Disk Properties tab, click to clear the
Write Cache Enabled check box, and then click OK.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290757
If you're inquiring about XP, Right-click "My Computer", Properties, Hardware Tab, Device
Manager. Expand "Disk Drives", Double-click the flash drive, "Policies Tab", Check "Optimize
for quick removal" and "OK" your way out.
Now you can remove the flash drive without using the Safe Removal Icon.
NOTE: If you disable the quick-remove feature in Windows XP, (Optimize for Performance instead)
you can use NTFS as filesystem on the flash drive.
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