-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Sandy's Stupid External :-)) And maybe a 2nd one too.
- From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:11:52 -0400
All of my SATA and external drives are multiple partitioned. They show up
as "Safely Remove ... - Drives(J:, K:, L:)", where the ... is the identifier
for that drive. The external is shown as "USB Mass Storage Device", but the
internals show the full drive ID such as ST3500630AS for my one 500GB drive.
That means you choose one of these and it releases the entire drive.
Peace,
Gman
"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don101" <don101@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 11:48 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Sandy's Stupid External :-)) And maybe a 2nd one
too.
>A question arose about the drive listings when you click on "Safely
> remove...". I don't remember seeing an answer yet so I will take a
> stab at it.
>
> A USB drive typically has three lines in the Safely remove hardware
> dialog box.
>
> Line 1 is the top of the tree and is a generic identifier: USB MASS
> STORAGE DEVICE
>
> Line two specifically identifies the physical drive and is indented
> under line one like subfolders are indented in a folder tree. My
> drive's line two looks like this: WD 2500BEV External USB Device
>
> Line three is indented below line two and identifies (what I think is)
> the only partion/logical drive on the physical drive.
> Mine line three looks like this: Generic volume - (H:)
>
> I suspect that if I had partitioned the drive there would be a fourth,
> fifth and so on line also indented under line two [as shown below:
> (I:) and (J:)]
>
>
> Formatting will likely not hold, but here is a rough estimate of what
> it looks like (I and J added as examples):
>
>
> USB Mass Storage device
> WD 2500BEV External USB Device
> Generic Volume - (H:)
> Generic Volume - (I:)
> Generic Volume - (J:)
>
> I assume (but will verify if the situation ever arises) that making
> any one of the logical drives (H, I, J) safe would make the entire
> physical drive safe to remove.
>
> Don
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "GuitarMan" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 1:02 AM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Sandy's Stupid External :-)) And maybe a
> 2nd one too.
>
>
> <SNIP>
>
>>> 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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