How to remount a USB drive
in [UK Mac]
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From: T i m on 21 Jan 2010 15:37 On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:28:27 +0000, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: >How do I remount a USB drive after I've ejected it by mistake? > >This is usually a 4GB thumb drive which I use to take files from my iG5, >OS10.4.11, to other Macs that aren't on my LAN. From time to time I >think I've finished putting the files onto it, and eject it, only to >find that there's more to put on there. > Do you *have* to eject it? I ask because I never have (mainly on Windows of course) and can't think of a single instance of it being an issue? I'm not suggesting you / one shouldn't 'eject' such things, just that I never have. Cheers, T i m
From: Peter Ceresole on 21 Jan 2010 15:47 Sara Merriman <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > It disappears from Disk Utility, so I guess it's remove/replace still... > > After all these years. > > poot :( And you do it so prettily... -- Peter
From: Woody on 21 Jan 2010 15:59 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > > > Do you *have* to eject it? > > Yes, it tidies the file system before ejecting. With something as > primitive as a FAT drive, you don't need to. > > But if you just yank it out, on a Mac, it *can* (but usually doesn't) > get some file system corruption. It can on windows too. I have fixed a couple that knackered sticks doing it, but it doesn't stop me doing it! Although once I copied a lot of files to my stick and grabed it as i was in a hurry and when i got home all the files claimed to be there but they were all almost empty. All 6000 of them - oops! -- Woody Alienrat Design Ltd
From: T i m on 21 Jan 2010 16:01 On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:47:14 +0000, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: >T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > >> Do you *have* to eject it? > >Yes, it tidies the file system before ejecting. With something as >primitive as a FAT drive, you don't need to. And most pen drives probably are FAT aren't they (as / supplied / by default)? > >But if you just yank it out, on a Mac, it *can* (but usually doesn't) >get some file system corruption. Not sure what you mean by 'just yank it out though'. If you went 'copy files-yank' then I guess you might. If you go 'copy files, note it's finished copying (typically flashing LED) ... yank' then? My point is I have never mistakenly ejected a drive (because I never eject them at all) so don't need to worry about re-seeing them and have never had any problems. Is it a Mac thing possibly? Cheers, T i m
From: SteveH on 21 Jan 2010 16:14
T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > Is it a Mac thing possibly? No. Even on Windows you're supposed to do a 'safely remove hardware' before removing a stick. You may get away with not doing it more often than not - but it's not a chance I'm willing to take if I'm copying important files. -- SteveH |