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Removable Devices in Windows

Using

Fixed or Removable

Right Click on My ComputerManageDevice Manager → Right Click on the DevicePropertiesPolicies

  • If you have a fixed drive showing up in the “Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media” Notification Area, select “Better performance (default)” and enable write caching.
  • If you have a removable drive that doesn't show in the “Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media” Notification Area, select “Quick removal”.

Command Line

List drives:

wmic logicaldisk get caption,providername,drivetype,volumename

Dismount a USB storage device:

C:\Windows\system32\fsutil.exe volume dismount f:
computing/windows/removable_drives.txt · Last modified: 2013/01/24 10:27 by gcooper