>>> I see that data is being written to my USB stick for approx 20 >>> seconds after Voyager appears to close; at that point I am able to >>> remove the device safely.
>> This is what I meant in my earlier post. What I am confused about >> is: What data is being written for so long? Any idea? CW> In order to increase overall system performance, Windows often buffers CW> reads and writes. After a flurry of activity when closing The Bat!, CW> Windows probably waits a while for things to settle down before CW> committing the changes to the disk. CW> If you use the "Safely Remove Devices" applet, Windows will flush the CW> buffers immediately and (perhaps) allow you to remove the device CW> sooner. Or you just disable disk's (or stick's) write caching? From explorer... Disk: properties-harware-properties-policies = Enable write caching" This will make operation a bit slower, but all changes will be immediately committed to disk. This was a common reliability hack for laptops in the "old days". -- Nick ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.85.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
