> Previously Windows disks could be described as "Removable". > With XP this control has vanished.
If you just want all writes flushed to disk: Double click My Computer Right-Click the drive Click Properties Click Hardware tab Click Policies tab Uncheck "Enable write caching on the disk" If you just want to insure specific files get flushed, make sure you call Flush() against the stream, or set the AutoFlush option. > When a disk in a device attrached to the PC > is shared so that XP can scan the disk as > well (via SCSI in this case), I HOPE you don't mean you have two PCs on the same SCSI bus, talking to the same drive... that would be bad unless you're writing the underlying file-system and coordinating writes between the multiple masters. (see this done, hated it with a passion) > I need therefore to write a .net "Explorer-like" app that > reverses this effect, and guarantees that read and write > operations are complete See above > leaving the disk's FAT table up > to date, so that disk sharing can continue without any > errors being introduced. I doubt that is reasonably possible. Why not just use Windows shares on the owning machine? Marc =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor� http://www.develop.com NEW! ASP.NET courses you may be interested in: 2 Days of ASP.NET, 29 Sept 2003, in Redmond http://www.develop.com/courses/2daspdotnet Guerrilla ASP.NET, 13 Oct 2003, in Boston http://www.develop.com/courses/gaspdotnet View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
