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Old November 9th 07, 01:00 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
b11_
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Default What utility should one

What utility should one use to deactivate an active thumb drive?
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Old November 10th 07, 10:57 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Curt Christianson
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Default What utility should one

Right-click on the USB icon in the notification area, and select "Safely
Remove Hardware".

Curt
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What utility should one use to deactivate an active thumb drive?



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Old November 13th 07, 01:40 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Default What utility should one

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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"Curt Christianson" wrote:

Right-click on the USB icon in the notification area, and select "Safely
Remove Hardware".

Curt
"b11_" wrote in message
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What utility should one use to deactivate an active thumb drive?




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Old November 13th 07, 09:06 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Jeff Richards
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Default What utility should one

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.
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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.



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Old November 14th 07, 04:13 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Bill Blanton
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Default What utility should one

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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Old January 4th 08, 02:11 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
b11_
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Default What utility should one

There should only be 1 active partition or flash drive so I'm trying to
de-activate the flash drive.
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"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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Old January 12th 08, 06:52 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Bill Blanton
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Default What utility should one

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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