Re: removable setting
- From: "Anna" <myname@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 22:31:20 -0400
Anna wrote:
Todd:
As I previously indicated - it would have been much better if, in your
original posting, you had furnished the details re your system and your
objective, rather than a generalized query that really begs for more
information before an intelligent response can be made that will be
useful to you.
Be that as it may, here we are...
As I previously indicated, if the SATA HD is specified to be
"hot-pluggable" and the SATA controller to which it is connected is also
specified to be "hot-pluggable", then the device is "hot-pluggable".
Again, this means the device can be connected/disconnected while the
system is running with no presumed data corruption/data loss or damage to
the drive. Again, please review what I've previously indicated re the
*precise* specifications for a SATA HD to be hot-pluggable.
If your SATA HD/controller combination meet the specifications as
indicated (as I presume they do from your latest comments), then the
device is "hot-pluggable". There is no need, as I previously stated, to
invoke any setting in Device Manager. There is no need to use the Safely
Remove Hardware icon in the Notification Area (I assume that's what you
were referring to as the "removable drive ejector"). You can simply
disconnect the drive by turning the keylock of your "carrier" to the OFF
position and remove the drive from its removable tray. (I'm assuming the
device you're working with is a mobile rack designed for a SATA HD or
something similar - you never indicated what this "carrier" is). You
perform the reverse operation when connecting the drive. There is no need
to power off the machine.
Anna
"Todd and Margo Chester" <ToddMargoChester@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Anna!
Yikes! Only if I want a bunch of zero length files! I MUST
FLUSH THE CACHE FIRST! If you think otherwise, try removing a
USB or Firewire drive without first using the "Safely Remove Hardware".
(Kinda of like flipping the power of on Windows without doing a
shutdown.)
Do you know how to set the drive as "removable?"
--Todd
Todd:
I honestly don't know how I can make this more clearer than I have, so I'll
leave it at that and just comment on your latest comment...
Although this is not the issue you raised (and really has no relevance to
that issue), let me comment on your reference re not using the Safely Remove
Hardware icon when disconnecting a USB/Firewire external HD and your
inference that this will cause massive data corruption. I, together with I
guess hundreds of thousands of users around the globe, do this every day
without problems of any kind. In Device Manager, in the Disk Drives section
under the Policies tab of the USB device being used, is an option that reads
"Optimize for quick removal". The description for that option indicates that
the device can be disconnected "without using the Safe Removal icon". Can I,
or anyone else, give *absolute* assurance to you or anyone else that no
problems of any kind will occur when doing so? Of course not. So if you feel
it's necessary to always invoke the Safely Remove icon process whenever you
disconnect an external USB/Firewire device, then by all means do so.
Anna
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