Re: Shutting down external drive problem

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From: Edward W. Thompson (thomeduk1_at_btopenworld.com)
Date: 10/03/04 

Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 07:52:10 +0100

The advice you were given is not correct. I leave my USB HDD connected most
of the time and have never had a problem. If you do need to disconnect the
drive with Windows running you should use the disconnect utility to avoid
posible data corruption.

"Shepard Tate" <shepard97504@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:cb111cfb.0410022244.2624236@posting.google.com...
>I found the below on another news group and wondered if it was
> correct? I was told to always use the disconnect utility in the tray
> to disconnect and power off the external firewire drive before
> shutting down windows or I could corrupt the files on the external
> drive? Of course, I forgot once and shut windows down with it
> connected, (it would be nice if XP gave you a warning if this is
> critical), and also forgot to then turn the external drive off. When I
> next booted windows it generated an error message regarding the
> connection to the external drive (my first clue that I had not
> previously disconnected it). Windows XP would then not safely
> discoonect it. I had to power the external drive off and then back on
> before windows recognized it correctly.
>
> Did I cause the problem by not disconnecting it in the first place, or
> by not turning the drive off after windows shut down and before
> powering up the next time?
>
> Thanks
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> found on another group.
> <
> You do NOT have to use the disconnect utility IF you are
> shutting down Windows with the drive still running and
> connected. The disconnect is PART OF the Windows
> shutdown procedure. You need the disconnect utility ONLY
> if you are disconnecting or shutting down the drive WHILE
> Windows is still running.

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