I've been using the autorun.vbs script that starts PStart and, when PStart exits, it uses unmount and deveject utilities to close and eject the drive. It's been working well.
Occasionally, because I accidentally exit PStart or other reasons, the script finishes and the drive is ejected when I don't want it to. I know that I could just unplug and replug the drive to renable it. But I was wondering if there is a way to programmatically force XP to remount the drive. I could, hopefully, have a small utility on my desktop and, if necessary, run it to remount the drive. Anyone heard of anything like this?
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Wish it existed, though. (My front USB hub exploded, so I have to reach to the back of the comp to plug/replug when I'm trying stuff out, so...)
~nm35 {blog} {personal space}
It actually exploded
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R McCue
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
I made a post about this.
I put in the drive, I'm halfway through a backup, and BOOM!
~nm35 {blog} {personal space}
Yeah, I just got to thinking about that. Did you check the packaging? Maybe it was a hub for "universal 'sploding bus" instead of "universal serial bus."
In any case, I reiterate: exploding peripherals are most certainly NOT FUN.
Edit: lol :D. I just realized that "universal 'sploding bus" (specifically the "'sploding bus" part) is an unintentional Speed reference.
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fatcerberus@yahoo.com [aim: fatcerberus]
Remember kids, exploding peripherals are NOT FUN.
Exploded? Reminds me of the time when a CD turned frag grenade in my CD-Rom drive.
Yeah, well CDs do spin really fast (like, upwards of 25,000 RPM at 52x if I remember correctly). So if they somehow go flying out of their little compartment and hit something, they're going to shatter on contact. And you don't want a disc spinning at 25,000+ RPM to hit you, since a disc spinning this fast becomes a discus.
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fatcerberus@yahoo.com [aim: fatcerberus]
I have no witty remarks or quotes to share at the moment.
Hmm, discus hey?
Maybe I could use that on athletics day, he he he...
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R McCue
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."