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If windows is open, the partition it resides in has open system files
sourced from the hard drive at boot time. Generally speaking, these reside in memory until windows finishes shutdown. wrote in message oups.com... On Windows 98SE, is there a way to determine that a particular hard drive has open files? TIA |
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Does a drive have open files ??
On Windows 98SE, is there a way to determine that a particular hard
drive has open files? TIA |
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Thanks Dave,
The drives are USB-connected and I want to know if I can safely remove them (they're probably not the boot drive). If there are open files, it'll be unsafe. Any ideas ? Stan |
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In the system tray, RH lower-side of the desktop, there should be an icon
with a green arrow and box underneath the arrow. This is what you use to safely remove the connected device on USB or Firewire. Right click and select it with left click as the 2nd part of selecting it. the rest is intuitive to the most users. This is definitely not a boot drive in 98SE. Booting can't be done normally speaking from these types of drives. Any open programs sourced from an external drive should be closed first as well. Only you know if you installed any programs on an external drive. wrote in message oups.com... Thanks Dave, The drives are USB-connected and I want to know if I can safely remove them (they're probably not the boot drive). If there are open files, it'll be unsafe. Any ideas ? Stan |
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