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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: un-plugging the driveRe: un-plugging the drive
From: Jens Arnold <arnold-j_at_t-online.de>
Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 00:46:44 +0100 Hello Glenn > Do you happen to know what is the default setting for windows? > This guy is probably using the defaults here. >From what I found, this depends on which drivers Windows uses. The drivers provided by Archos (which are necessary for the USB 1.1 jukeboxes) activate the write cache by default. Imho this is a bad idea for a removable device. However, the standard mass storage drivers provided by Windows (usable for USB 2.0 jukeboxes, and all Ondio models) don't activate the write cache by default. For the non-working autorun.inf, I guess this has to do with the drive type that this drive is registered as, or maybe with the user rights. Here are the MSKB articles that cover these questions: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;136214 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314855 The first article states that it applies to Win95 and Win98, but the setting is still there in WinXP (and conveniently a per-user setting). Hth, Jens > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian Wolven" <brian.wolven_at_verizon.net> > To: <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> > Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 2:02 PM > Subject: Re: un-plugging the drive > Glenn at home wrote: >> I know this has been brought up before, but: I am helping >> someone on the phone with his JukeBox, and he has been in the >> habbit of shutting off his JukeBox and then unplugging it >> from Windows. I suggested to him that it is better to go >> through "safely remove hardware", >> and he thought that the Archos manual indicates that it is >> fine to shut it off, and just un-plug it. What are some >> thoughts here? > I think that depends on whether or not you have the drive > optimized for safe removal. If write caching is enabled, then > you need to use the safely remove hardware option. Regards, Jens _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2005-01-09 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |