XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.microsoft.windows   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   JJ wrote:   
   > On Thu, 3 Sep 2020 16:51:29 -0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder wrote:   
   >> Note that identifying only and all (Type 2) USB drives is easy, but...   
   >> o What method do you use to ensure a command always gets the right USB   
   drive?   
   >   
   > For me who sometime still use virtual floppy disks, the `MediaType` WMI   
   > field is also needed to provide more accurate result. Because drive type `2`   
   > (Removable Disk type) is also used for floppy drives and likely   
   > LS-120/ZIP/JAZZ drives too. FYI, if it's a thumb drive including SD cards,   
   > the media type would be `12` (Fixed Disk).   
      
   Thumb drives can have RMB=0 or RMB=1.   
      
   At one time, the thumb drives were pretty consistently   
   using only one of those values. Then some Sony ones showed up   
   with the other value. When the sticks get large (32GB),   
   the designers start having second thoughts about how   
   "volatile" they are and whether they rate a "fixed" kind   
   of attribute.   
      
   https://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbstick_e.html   
      
   *******   
      
   And this tool, gives some control over letter assignments.   
   It was mainly intended for situations where one subsystems   
   letter assignment practices, were stomping on another   
   subsystem. And this utility was intended to provide   
   some separation between the two (so there would be fewer   
   surprises).   
      
   https://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html   
      
       Paul   
      
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