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What utility should one use to deactivate an active thumb drive?
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Right-click on the USB icon in the notification area, and select "Safely
Remove Hardware". Curt "b11_" wrote in message ... What utility should one use to deactivate an active thumb drive? |
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Curt:
Just like a partition, a thumb drive could be active or not. I have a DOS utility that could set a partition active or the reverse but the utility does not "see" USB drives. __________________________________________________ ____________ "Curt Christianson" wrote: Right-click on the USB icon in the notification area, and select "Safely Remove Hardware". Curt "b11_" wrote in message ... What utility should one use to deactivate an active thumb drive? |
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You should ask whoever created your DOS utility why it doesn't 'see' the
thumb drive. You haven't mentioned what this utility is, so it's a little difficult to give advice about what might be wrong with it. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "b11_" wrote in message news Curt: Just like a partition, a thumb drive could be active or not. I have a DOS utility that could set a partition active or the reverse but the utility does not "see" USB drives. |
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Setting a partition "active", assuming the accepted use of the term, does
only one thing. That is to make the partition the bootable partition. It will not make a partition on your USB removable drive visible, or if clearing the bit, "deactivate" the drive.. Is the BIOS is trying to boot your flash drive? "b11_" wrote in message news Curt: Just like a partition, a thumb drive could be active or not. I have a DOS utility that could set a partition active or the reverse but the utility does not "see" USB drives. __________________________________________________ ____________ "Curt Christianson" wrote: Right-click on the USB icon in the notification area, and select "Safely Remove Hardware". Curt "b11_" wrote in message ... What utility should one use to deactivate an active thumb drive? |
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There should only be 1 active partition or flash drive so I'm trying to
de-activate the flash drive. __________________________________________________ __________________ "Bill Blanton" wrote: Setting a partition "active", assuming the accepted use of the term, does only one thing. That is to make the partition the bootable partition. It will not make a partition on your USB removable drive visible, or if clearing the bit, "deactivate" the drive.. Is the BIOS is trying to boot your flash drive? "b11_" wrote in message news Curt: Just like a partition, a thumb drive could be active or not. I have a DOS utility that could set a partition active or the reverse but the utility does not "see" USB drives. __________________________________________________ ____________ "Curt Christianson" wrote: Right-click on the USB icon in the notification area, and select "Safely Remove Hardware". Curt "b11_" wrote in message ... What utility should one use to deactivate an active thumb drive? |
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I don't understand what you mean. There should not be an active partition
on any drive other than the partition that contains the OS. To "de-activate" a USB flash drive, unplug it. If the BIOS is attempting to boot the flash drive, then change the boot order. "b11_" wrote in message ... There should only be 1 active partition or flash drive so I'm trying to de-activate the flash drive. __________________________________________________ __________________ "Bill Blanton" wrote: Setting a partition "active", assuming the accepted use of the term, does only one thing. That is to make the partition the bootable partition. It will not make a partition on your USB removable drive visible, or if clearing the bit, "deactivate" the drive.. Is the BIOS is trying to boot your flash drive? "b11_" wrote in message news Curt: Just like a partition, a thumb drive could be active or not. I have a DOS utility that could set a partition active or the reverse but the utility does not "see" USB drives. __________________________________________________ ____________ "Curt Christianson" wrote: Right-click on the USB icon in the notification area, and select "Safely Remove Hardware". Curt "b11_" wrote in message ... What utility should one use to deactivate an active thumb drive? |
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