How to remount a USB drive
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From: Jim on 22 Jan 2010 09:12 On 2010-01-22, whisky-dave <whisky-dave(a)final.front.ear> wrote: > > "Jim" <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote in message > news:slrnhlj0d1.22en.jim(a)wotan.magrathea.local... >> On 2010-01-22, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > >> when it isn't. It's generally safe to yank it when it's pulsing. > > Even if you're catholic ;-) > >> And don't you *dare* quote that out of context..! > > Doh ! [sigh] [Note to self: stop doing that.] Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It"
From: whisky-dave on 22 Jan 2010 09:30 "Rowland McDonnell" <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote in message news:1jcpzui.14vj7321nyg731N%real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid... > > Could you perhaps provide me with a pointer or at least a search term > that'd get me the information you refer to, in your condescending and > insulting manner? I found this http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbstick_e.html search string "USB thumb drive cache" Interresting site I must read it all when I have time. Safe removal An USB drive should never be removed without logging it off, especially when the drive has a write cache. The official way is thru a symbol in the systray and some mouse clicks. For 'removable' drives as internal card readers the media should be 'ejected': Right click the drive in the Windows Explorer, select 'Eject' here. Under XP this is not allowed for restricted users but this can be enabled by a policy. --------------------------------------------------------------- I always try to unmount first just to be on the safe side, a bit like still checking for on coming traffic even if you have right of way. All of my Macs have the USB drive connected tio the back so I can't see the LED flashing without having to get up.
From: Mike Dee on 22 Jan 2010 09:31 real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid (Rowland McDonnell) wrote: > Mike Dee <mikedee(a)emteedee.invalid> wrote: > [...] >> The last time I _accidentally_ removed a thumb drive (it was on >> Windows at the time) the drive got hosed, losing everything on >> it. > > Hmm - according to some here, that can't happen. What was going > on? > >> Better safe than sorry I say (I try not to remove USB sticks >> until I know its safe to, period). > > Full stop, surely ;-) Most assuredly ;-) > But: how do you ensure `safe' unless you unmount? That's the only way I know of to be "safe" WRT USB thumb drives. And as Pluto so eloquently said (on some web forum) back in '05 <http://www.pcuser.com.au/pcuser/hs2.nsf/lookup+1/67436970427F488DCA256E990018F119> ---- Pluto's post ---- PlutoPosted: 25/05/2005 re: Can data be corrupted by removing a thumb drive? Yes I have seen this corruption occur on thumb drives , its a damn good idea to use the software tool for ejecting H/ware before pulling the T drive out. Even if u don't use the right process to remove the drive and u get lucky finding ur data is not corrupted THIS time, u may find on refitting the drive back onto the previously used usb port, that there is not device found as the association between device and USB port has become corrupt - fixed by a reboot, or pushing a hardware detection... sheeeesh Ol thumb drive issues ... yeah they ring a bell on the memory banks. Cheers pluto ---- End of Pluto's post ---- -- dee
From: Sara on 22 Jan 2010 09:37 In article <slrnhljcj6.2aq4.jim(a)wotan.magrathea.local>, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-01-22, whisky-dave <whisky-dave(a)final.front.ear> wrote: > > > > "Jim" <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote in message > > news:slrnhlj0d1.22en.jim(a)wotan.magrathea.local... > >> On 2010-01-22, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > >> when it isn't. It's generally safe to yank it when it's pulsing. > > > > Even if you're catholic ;-) > > > >> And don't you *dare* quote that out of context..! > > > > Doh ! > > [sigh] > > [Note to self: stop doing that.] > Doing what? -- Sara "It's generally safe to yank it when it's pulsing" Jim <jim2magrathea.plus.com> UCSM 22/1/10
From: Jim on 22 Jan 2010 09:40
On 2010-01-22, Sara <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >> > >> >> when it isn't. It's generally safe to yank it when it's pulsing. >> > >> > Even if you're catholic ;-) >> > >> >> And don't you *dare* quote that out of context..! >> > >> > Doh ! >> >> [sigh] >> >> [Note to self: stop doing that.] >> > Doing what? > [innocent look] Nothing! Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It" |