-=PCTechTalk=- Re: flash drive/thumbdrive question

Cris,
    They are not quite the same thing.  The Eject option in the right click 
context menu is primarily used for memory cards like the one for your 
camera.  USB (thumb) drives and external hard drives require you to first 
unmount them using the icon in the Notification (formerly System Tray) area.

    There IS a setting for each mountable device that will tell Windows to 
allow it to be unplugged without first unmounting it.  Click on Start and 
then Run.  Type in the following and then press the Enter key.

devmgmt.msc

    Once Device Manager is running, click on the plus sign next to the 
heading for the device in question.  In most cases including USB drives, the 
heading is "Disk Drives".  Locate the listing for the device and double 
click on it.  When the Property sheet for that device opens, click on the 
tab called 'Policies' and make sure that "Optimize for quick removal" is the 
active option.  Click on OK until all property windows are closed and after 
your next reboot you will no longer have to unmount that particular drive 
before you remove it.  Please note that the drive may feel a little slower 
than before.  Windows is no longer caching the data before writing it to the 
drive and you may find yourself waiting longer for it to finish before it 
moves onto the next command.

Peace,
GMan

"The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked!"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cris" <cris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 2:19 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: flash drive/thumbdrive question


... I think that is the same thing as safely remove hardware. My external 
hard drive told me to choose safely remove hardware also. Our power went out 
once, and I have had trouble booting it ever since. grrr!! so - it is best 
to do that!!
> Cris 

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