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Windows Forum / Windows XP / New Users / February 2007USB removable
Is there a way to keep XP Pro from peeing its pants if a USB drive happens to be elsewhare when it boots? JimL -- > Is there a way to keep XP Pro from peeing its pants if a USB drive > happens > to be elsewhare when it boots? http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://users.tpg.com.au/bzyhjr/liszt.html > Is there a way to keep XP Pro from peeing its pants if a USB drive > happens to be elsewhare when it boots? When looking for help in newsgroups, it's usually best to refrain from trying to be cute, and instead to supply a complete, accurate description of your problem, including the exact verbatim text of any error messages you receive.  SignatureKen Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup >> Is there a way to keep XP Pro from peeing its pants if a USB drive >> happens to be elsewhare when it boots? >When looking for help in newsgroups, it's usually best to refrain from >trying to be cute, and instead to supply a complete, accurate description >of your problem, including the exact verbatim text of any error messages >you receive. I take it, then, there is nothing special you are supposed to do when removing a USB drive. Thanks. JimL -- > In <eu4QFZ4VHHA.3592@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>, on 02/23/07 > at 01:07 PM, "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > JimL Depends on what you mean by a USB "drive". Some folks use that generic term to describe USB thumbsticks that contain memory that *look* like another drive when plugged in. Maybe you have an external hard drive that is attached via USB. In the former case, no special action is required to yank the USB memory stick. In the latter case, you should unmount the drive before disconnecting to ensure that its buffer gets flushed (by forcing a write to the drive to empty the cache). Do you have a PlugNPlay tray icon? If so, open it and the USB hard drive should be listed where you can then unmount it before unplugging it. If you don't unmount before unplug, you could lose data. What term should we use for what is commonly called a USB drive in Australia? >>>> Is there a way to keep XP Pro from peeing its pants if a USB drive >>>> happens to be elsewhare when it boots? [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > should be listed where you can then unmount it before unplugging it. If > you don't unmount before unplug, you could lose data. > What term should we use for what is commonly called a USB drive in > Australia? Aussies can't figure out that "drive" is a generic term and actually describes NOTHING of what hardware is being discussed? > In the latter case, you should >unmount the drive before disconnecting to ensure that its buffer gets >flushed (by forcing a write to the drive to empty the cache). Do you >have a PlugNPlay tray icon? If so, open it and the USB hard drive >should be listed where you can then unmount it before unplugging it. If >you don't unmount before unplug, you could lose data. Thanks. Yes it's a real hard drive. Hm. I think I've finally figured out that the PnP icon is the one called Safely Remove Hardware. JimL -- >> In the latter case, you should >>unmount the drive before disconnecting to ensure that its buffer gets [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > that > the PnP icon is the one called Safely Remove Hardware. When you plug in the USB-attached hard drive, that icon will appear so you can perform an unmount before physically detaching the device. |
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