[clue] external storage issues

[daryl kuchay]

I have had some similar problems in the past and followed something like
this:

http://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-7/windows-7-file-search-indexing-options/

as well as never allowing windows to repair the volume in question. Although
windows complains about needing to repair (and I never let it) the problem
did not persist.

On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Dennis J Perkins <
dennisjperkins at comcast.net> wrote:

> No.  Writing just became unavailable.  I wasn't aware that it could be
> turned off.  Or why anyone would want to.
>
> On Wednesday, August 17, 2011 05:27:04 PM daryl kuchay wrote:
> > Did you turn off indexing on the widows side for the drives in question?
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Dennis J Perkins <
> > dennisjperkins at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > > I don't know if anyone in CLUE has seen these issues, If you have, do
> you
> > > have a solution?
> > >
> > > Two Seagate FreeAgent drives quit working properly with Windows.
>  Windows
> > > could still see them but writing would fail.  Linux couldn't write to
> them
> > > either.  I
> > > reformatted them and put a fileystem back on, and they work again.
> > >
> > > I have a couple of USB memory keys that I use with Windows and Linux.
>  I
> > > can't write to them from Linux anymore but Windows can.  I can probably
> > > reformat them
> > > and be able to write to them again, but I'm trying to find out what
> > > happened.  The keys that I use only with Windows have never had this
> > > problem.  I'm guessing
> > > that Windows did something to those two keys.
> > >
> > > The Seagate is automatically mounted so only root can write to it.  My
> > > Passport, on the other hand, mounts so a normal user can write to it.
>  I
> > > might need to dig
> > > down into the udev configuration to find out what is happening.  Maybe
> the
> > > Seagate is being identified as a 3 1/2" internal drive; it's certainly
> big
> > > enough for it.
> > >
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