From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 3/15/2025 2:58 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 23:39:46 -0400, Paul wrote:   
   >   
   >> Windows treats USB sticks with RMB=1, different than sticks with RMB=0.   
   >   
   > Windows doesn’t have the idea that any storage device could be hot-   
   > pluggable, does it.   
   >   
      
   ???   
      
   where do you get these ideas ?   
      
   In the BIOS for your computer, there are SATA ports listed.   
   There are enable/disable buttons (these don't affect Linux,   
   which is still able to detect drives set in the BIOS as disabled).   
   In the same interface, are "Hotplug" buttons. Turning this   
   on, on the port, changes the PNP information, so the   
   driver will be ready for the dynamic appearance of a   
   drive in mid-session.   
      
   One consequence of connecting a hot-plug (like an ESATA drive),   
   is the Safely Remove icon, adds the new drive to the removal list.   
   You can eject a HotPlug drive. Hopefully, this results   
   in the drive spinning down. You can then physically remove   
   the drive.   
      
   USB sticks are (obviously) HotPlug. For a period of time,   
   one of the Windows OSes decided to stop listing filesystems   
   that did not need "Safely Remove" behavior, but the changes   
   to that OS may have been reversed. I generally handle   
   all my USB  sticks through that interface (do an Eject or   
   a Safely Remove, depending on which GUI I'm in at the time),   
   and it is then safe to unplug.   
      
   In windows, if you switch on HotPlug behavior on the   
   SATA port having the Windows C: partition on it, this   
   can result in the Windows C: or related materials, showing   
   up in the Safely Remove menu. Do not panic, as the partition   
   cannot be removed, since it is "busy", and attempts to   
   Safely Remove C: will receive a notation indicating   
   why it cannot be removed.   
      
   If you don't like seeing your C: in that Safely Remove   
   menu, then disable all the HotPlug items in the BIOS.   
      
      Paul   
      
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