Question on 'Safely Remove Hardware'

[Jethro]

I am using the 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon in task bar to disable
access to my external (USB) hard drive. It is working fine, but I
notice that often XP's PnP does not pick up presence of the drive when
I power the drive off then on again. I have to do it a few times
before the drive is accessible again.

I am wondering if there is the reverse of 'Safely Remove Hardware'
so I can manually tell XP to detect the drive?

Thanks

Jethro

 

[Larry(LJL269)]

USB2? OEM or PCI card?

Can u do ops other than R/W to HDD. Like Chkdsk, zip, unzip?

HTH-Larry

I am using the 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon in task bar to disable
access to my external (USB) hard drive. It is working fine, but I
notice that often XP's PnP does not pick up presence of the drive when
I power the drive off then on again. I have to do it a few times
before the drive is accessible again.

I am wondering if there is the reverse of 'Safely Remove Hardware'
so I can manually tell XP to detect the drive?

Thanks

Jethro

Any advice is my attempt to contribute more than I have received but I can only assure you that it works on my PC. GOOD LUCK.

 

[Jethro]

USB2? OEM or PCI card?

Can u do ops other than R/W to HDD. Like Chkdsk, zip, unzip?

Actually - no. Since after the 'safe removal' the drive does not show
in My Computer or anywhere else, then I can't address it.

 

[Ron Sommer]

If the drive is listed as a removable drive in My Computer, you can right
click, Eject.
--
Ronald Sommer

: On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:32:25 -0400, "Larry(LJL269)" <[email protected]>
: wrote:
:
: >USB2? OEM or PCI card?
: >
: >Can u do ops other than R/W to HDD. Like Chkdsk, zip, unzip?
:
: Actually - no. Since after the 'safe removal' the drive does not show
: in My Computer or anywhere else, then I can't address it.
:
: >
: >HTH-Larry
: >
: >
: >>I am using the 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon in task bar to disable
: >>access to my external (USB) hard drive. It is working fine, but I
: >>notice that often XP's PnP does not pick up presence of the drive when
: >>I power the drive off then on again. I have to do it a few times
: >>before the drive is accessible again.
: >>
: >>I am wondering if there is the reverse of 'Safely Remove Hardware'
: >>so I can manually tell XP to detect the drive?
: >>
: >>Thanks
: >>
: >>Jethro
: >
: >Any advice is my attempt to contribute more than I have received but I
can only assure you that it works on my PC. GOOD LUCK.

 

[Jethro]

If the drive is listed as a removable drive in My Computer, you can right
click, Eject.

It's not. Thanks anyway

Jethro