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More info?)
All that does is disconnect the drive (logically) from the system. It does
not turn off the power to the device. That is done by removing the device
from the port or turning off the device's power with the switch.
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Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"
"Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@virus.net> wrote in message
news:OCdV6RTsFHA.1256@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Should be an icon in the system tray to use prior to physically turning
> off
> a USB/Firewire connected hard drive.
> At least there is on my XP/ME/98SE system.
>
> "Richard Urban [MVP]" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in
> message
> news:%23ezCM4NsFHA.3720@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Not a good idea.
>>
>> Turn off the power switch on the device?
>>
>> Power management pertains to devices connected to the IDE ports, not to
>> firewire or USB ports. What would happen if your USB mouse or keyboard
>> suddenly "powered down" because power management thought they were not
> being
>> used enough.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> Quote from: George Ankner
>> "If you knew as much as you thought you know,
>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"
>>
>> "Scot" <nowhere@man.com> wrote in message
>> news:39adnZ2dnZ1KamC8nZ2dnXNmhN6dnZ2dRVn-052dnZ0@comcast.com...
>> > Anyone have any info on how to include these drives into the power
>> > management of XP instead of them just spinning 24/7?
>> > Thanks
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
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