Hi David,
Following is a copy of an article to do just what you require. I have
been using it under WXPH for years without problem. No idea whether it
works as well under any other version of Windows.
This message is also being sent to the list in case it can help others.
HTH
Neville.
Below is an article covering a simple method of removing a Pen Drive.
Firstly, an alternative way of arriving at the correct section:
With the Pen Drive connected.
Highlight the Pen Drive in My Computer and press Alt enter for properties.
Highlight the control tab, hardware, then tab to and press enter on
properties.
highlight the control tab, policies.
carry out the steps covered below.
Removing Pen Drive Article:
04-Oct-2004 Last Modified: 15-Oct-2004
Computers use caching to improve performance. So
data can still be stored in a cache and if you remove a USB pen drive or
memory stick you
can corrupt that device and lose data. The correct way is to stop the
device and in the
tool bar at the bottom right of the XP screen you should see an icon
which has a green
arrow on it. If you hover the cursor over it the words “Safely Remove
Hardware” should
appear. Double click on it to bring up the device and Stop it.
Alternatively you can
disable “caching” on the USB device to enable you to remove it without
stopping it. Open
Control Panel, System and then hardware device manager. Find the USB
device (usually
under hardware). Click on the device and select properties and then
find the policies
tab.
Set write caching to “Optimise for quick removal”. Once that is done you
can safely remove this device anytime in the future.
On 23/10/2009 2:23 PM, David wrote:
OK, tech guys!
This is not really a Win-Eyes question, but hopefully someone here could
give me a 'hand' on this:
When sending a bigger chunk of info - i.e copying several files - to a
removal disk (in this case a USB flash drive), Windows has a 'delayed
writing process'. This means, that when you send the files, they are
bufferd, and, when Windows is not 'as busy', later on, the files are
actually being written to the physical drive. I know, from the old DOS
days, there was a 'flush' function, that would ensure the files were
written immediately, without buffering, or even would empty whatever was
in the buffer, onto the drive. Allright, DOS is gone, no more to think
about. But is there a way - standard, or via some kind of third-party
software - to accomplish such an emptyijng of the write-buffer in Windows?
Thanks for all assistance!
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