What utility should one

[b11_]

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

 

[Curt Christianson]

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

Curt
"b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> What utility should one use to deactivate an active thumb drive?

 

[b11_]

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_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CF14F07F-6713-433E-83AB-0BABC5527ABC@microsoft.com...
> > What utility should one use to deactivate an active thumb drive?
>
>
>

 

[Jeff Richards]

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.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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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.

 

[Bill Blanton]

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_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message newsF261593-FA24-47EB-ACA9-68A313868C57@microsoft.com...
> 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_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:CF14F07F-6713-433E-83AB-0BABC5527ABC@microsoft.com...
>> > What utility should one use to deactivate an active thumb drive?
>>
>>
>>

 

[b11_]

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_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message newsF261593-FA24-47EB-ACA9-68A313868C57@microsoft.com...
> > 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_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:CF14F07F-6713-433E-83AB-0BABC5527ABC@microsoft.com...
> >> > What utility should one use to deactivate an active thumb drive?
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

 

[Bill Blanton]

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_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3B7BBC0A-028C-46B5-B622-4F843D1D0774@microsoft.com...
> 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_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message newsF261593-FA24-47EB-ACA9-68A313868C57@microsoft.com...
>> > 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_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:CF14F07F-6713-433E-83AB-0BABC5527ABC@microsoft.com...
>> >> > What utility should one use to deactivate an active thumb drive?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>