Do USB storage devices need to be disconnected before shutting down?
Just about every time I start/re-start without stopping the USB storage
devices Win2KPro runs chkdsk on one or more USB storage devices and
finds no problems.

Please advise.
Thanks, Tracey

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Tracey typed on Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:40:18 -0500:
> Do USB storage devices need to be disconnected before shutting down?
> Just about every time I start/re-start without stopping the USB
> storage devices Win2KPro runs chkdsk on one or more USB storage
> devices and finds no problems.
>
> Please advise.
> Thanks, Tracey

I've seen this too only with Windows 2000 Pro. Although after installing
the unregistered version of Hard Drive Sentinel, there is a setting
(Advanced Options) to disable CHKDSK from checking on bootup and no more
problems.

http://www.hdsentinel.com/

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Bill
Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/160963
CHKNTFS.EXE: What You Can Use It For

John

Tracey wrote:
> Do USB storage devices need to be disconnected before shutting down?
> Just about every time I start/re-start without stopping the USB storage
> devices Win2KPro runs chkdsk on one or more USB storage devices and
> finds no problems.
>
> Please advise.
> Thanks, Tracey