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Questions tagged [removable]

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USB stick appearing as hard disk drive, not removable storage device

I just plugged in a very simple 1GB USB stick from the office in hopes of making it a Fedora Live USB stick. For that to work, I need a removable storage device, or else it won't appear in LiveUSB Creator's list. Explorer lists my USB stick as a…
Paul Lammertsma
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Internal SATA hard disk shows up as removable device on Windows 7

I am running Windows 7 on an Acer Aspire M7720 with three internal SATA drives; drive #2 and #3 are on a removable HDD rack. Drive #3 (on the second removable HDD rack) shows up as removable device in the system tray. If I take drive #3 and put it…
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How can “Install or run program from your media” be disabled?

Recently something in Windows 7 has changed such that the default action for removable drives has become Install or run program from your media instead of Open. I checked the AutoPlay control panel applet and everything is set to Take no action (in…
Synetech
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Setting NAS drives for quick removal / safe removal?

I have a NAS drive and suffered a file corruption issue over wireless. I discovered that the drive is not set as removable so if the connection is interrupted while you're using an application to access files on the drive, you can get corrupted…
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What is the "Circle With A Vertical Line" icon appearing on removable disk icons?

In Windows 7, a removable disk's icon sometimes has a smaller icon in its corner similar to the 0/1 icons resembling power on/off. Look: I don't remember the small thing appearing there before. It appeared after I plugged in my USB stick into some…
Hossein
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Don't know what I’m looking for regarding removable HDDs?

Ok all. So I’m a gamer and haven’t built my own system since the 90s. I’ve always had a backup USB HDD in case I run into issues and have to format. I’m looking to have a bay for a HDD that I can remove and put in a different one, kind of like…
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USB drive unusable and reporting 0 bytes capacity

I had a problem with my USB drive. When i plug it in windows 7, what happens is when I click on USB the message "Please insert a disk into drive X:". The drive properties show: Type: Removable Disk File system: Unknown Used space 0 bytes Free space…
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how to make SATA drive appear as removable drive?

Now my secondary drive shows as non-removable. (AHCI mode is set in BIOS). So, I need to make it removable.
skevar7
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How can I tell if Windows thinks a HDD is removable without a GUI?

I need to determine if Windows thinks that my SATA hard drives are "removable" or not. The problem is, its on a Hyper-V system, and I don't have access to the Disk Management GUI application. diskpart does not have this information, and I'm not…
user4491
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automatically open removable devices in explorer

is it possible to set the autoplay to always open removable devices in windows explorer? I used the settings offered in the autoplay dialog and set the openning in Explorer for almost all content types, but after inserting a flash disk, I get the…
Juhele
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Making a flash drive to a hard drive

I've found a tutorial here on how to trick the operating system to see a flash drive as a hard drive. But I have a few questions: This trick will only work on the os wherein you updated the flash drive driver. Is there a trick that will work like…
Wern Ancheta
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When I try to delete a file from USB it show 0 byte size of that file

I have a problem with my computer, and USB. When I try to delete any file from USB drive, it show 0 byte size. The actual is not 0 byte. That pen-drive (USB disk) works perfectly in another computer, but when I try to delete then it will show 0…
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How do I make my WD Passport USB hard drive appear as Removable rather than Fixed?

Back story: I have a WD Passport USB hard drive that I take back and forth from work every day. At both ends, we have a Windows Home Server backing up all computers. I am plagued every day by a pop up message helpfully telling me that I have a new…
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How can I manage multiple removable hard drives?

I have a desktop PC which I use to play videos and movies on my TV, as well as play music. Storage is an issue so I have the following Icy Dock hard drive cage installed which allows me to swap in multiple drives. Is there an easy way to keep track…
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How to make Picasa copy also .RAW /.NEF files but not show them

I'm using Picasa to import, manage, upload and back-up pictures. However, I do not want to see duplicates when browsing them, but I would like to copy the raw files from the cameras SD cards, looks like picasa does not copy all files from the card,…
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