-=PCTechTalk=- Re: External drive question
- From: GuitarMan <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 12:39:14 -0400
Don,
You've successfully taken this line of questioning into an area where my
only answer can be "Well, I'm not sure". Any answers I try to provide would
be pure speculation. lol
My 'guess' is that Q1 may have something to do with the Recycle Bin. Q2
& 3 can best be answered by saying that I once scrambled some files on a USB
key by removing it without first unmounting it. I thought it was set for
quick removal, but that was not the case. My advice is to never assume
either setting is the default and unmount before you remove anything, even
if it's supposedly set for quick removal. The files were only copies, so my
loss was insignificant. However, I'll say that the lesson was an important
one I will not soon forget.
Peace,
G
"The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don101" <don101@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:01 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: External drive question
> No wonder I couldn't find the Policies tab.... I was looking for the
> devices
> under USB devices instead of under disk drives. DUH! All devices
> currently
> plugged in are set to Quick Removal. I've never been to that dialog box
> before so I think they all default to that setting. That suggests it will
> also be set to Quick Removal when I stick it in a different computer.
>
> That begs a 2 new questions. Why does Safely Remove Hardware refuse to
> stop
> a device when Windows Explorer is open? With the device set to quick
> removal and with Windows Explorer open will anything bad happen if I
> unplug
> a device? Ditto for the mail store device with OE open?
>
>
> Don
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