Mounting external hard disk as "removable"

[removable]

I have a number of external (USB + firewire) hard disk. When attached,
the os reports them as fixed drives. I prefer them to be removable. Is
there any way I can do this?

 

[Uwe Sieber]

I have a number of external (USB + firewire) hard disk. When attached,
the os reports them as fixed drives. I prefer them to be removable. Is
there any way I can do this?

No, this decision is made by the device having the 'removable
media bit' (RMB) set or not. It could be changed by a filter
driver but there is no 'ready to use' product for this.

A proof of concept driver for the opposite direction has been
published by Anton Bassov:
http://www.codeproject.com/system/soviet_direct_hooking.asp


Uwe

 

[removable]

No, this decision is made by the device having the 'removable
media bit' (RMB) set or not. It could be changed by a filter
driver but there is no 'ready to use' product for this.

The main problem with having a "fixed" drive is the compulsory recycle
bin. For my external drives I don't want a recycle bin. Is there any
way of doing this (while at the same time retaining the facility for
internal drives)?

At the same time, it would also be handy if I could mount some
external drives as "read-only" - is there any way of doing that?