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

USB2? OEM or PCI card?

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

HTH-Larry

On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:26:29 GMT, Jethro <Wilson@somewhere.org> wrote:

>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.

On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:32:25 -0400, "Larry(LJL269)" <NO@EMAIL.COM>
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
>
>On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:26:29 GMT, Jethro <Wilson@somewhere.org> wrote:
>
>>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.

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

"Jethro" <Wilson@somewhere.org> wrote in message
news:ncd303pa28dmv9msf67jio3kmbroeqskng@4ax.com...
: On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:32:25 -0400, "Larry(LJL269)" <NO@EMAIL.COM>
: 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
: >
: >On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:26:29 GMT, Jethro <Wilson@somewhere.org> wrote:
: >
: >>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.

On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:30:11 -0500, "Ron Sommer"
<rsommer@nospam.ktis.net> wrote:

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

It's not. Thanks anyway

Jethro