-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Sandy's Stupid External :-)) And maybe a 2nd one too.
- From: GuitarMan <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:02:53 -0400
And now onto the rest of the reply. See below.
Peace,
Gman
"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandy" <sandy.rick@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "PcTechTalk" <PcTechTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 5:03 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Sandy's Stupid External :-)) And maybe a 2nd one
too.
> XXX I never have even asked you what would be a reasonable amount of time
> to
> let a scan run? Before using SuperFDisk I let it go at most about 20
> hrs,so
> I don't know if you want me to have already had it going for a while
> before
> we connect?? I
> just went back into the Event Viewer and looked but truthfully I don't
> know
> what I'm looking for so it doesn't make sense to me........sorry.
No problem. I'll check when we're able to make our connection.
> XXX Well even tho Rick had chemo today, he still took the external
> apart, but I can't imagine anything was loose cause it sure was tight
> taking it apart, but we did it anyway, lol..........so that's done. Oh
> it's
> an IDE by the way. All the hard drives in my old pc are/were.
Thank Rick from me for summoning up the energy to take that bear apart. I
know he's got more important things to deal with like regaining his
strength, but it sure does help us move on through the muck.
> XXX Wow that is a mouthful ;-). Actually Gman I was only doing that as an
> experiment and have already unhooked this drive from the pc. I have no
> desire to go into the BIOS and go through all that trouble for that drive,
> when I'd rather save up and get a large one put into the pc in the extra
> slot, and if I need more, besides this 120 gig external, I'll get a large
> external after that, somewhere down the road. But now
> I do understand the types of volumes a bit better, but I still wouldn't
> have
> a clue as to how to partition a drive on my own.......yikes.
My reasons for typing all of that out was not just for you (but don't take
that personally lol). I also did it so that anyone following along could
learn a thing or three about the process. Once you understand the process,
partitioning is so much easier than the 'experts' would have you believe.
They make it sound like surgery so that people will still pay the techs to
do it for them. If/when the time comes for you to 'get your hands dirty',
we'll walk you through it and you'll be an expert in no time.
> XXX Well I'm glad my experiment at least brought something to light :-)
> Makes me wonder how long that list is getting of the things you're going
> to
> check once connected to my pc again.
I'm wondering that myself. I'll have to gather up and study all of our
conversations (yours, Roger's and my own) before I can even think of
connecting. lol
> XXX Thanks so much for this (Autoplay) info.
You're welcome.
> XXX Wow, I ask a lot of questions ;-) I tried choosing both the WDC
> (yada
> yada yada) and
> in a separate instance the Generic Volume G and they both showed the G
> Drive
> as gone in Windows Explorer.
That shows that both are directly connected to your external and that both
will get the job done. As long as the drive disappears from within Windows
Explorer, it can be turned off &/or removed from the USB port without
hurting anything.
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