Preventing a USB drive from being ejected
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Hi, We have a PC which backs up every evening to a USB hard drive. The problem is, users stick their pen drives into the PC and when they have finished they click Safely Remove Hardware but dont look at the drive letter so they often eject the backup drive then complain if the backup is missing. Is there any way to prevent a device from being ejected or hide it drom the Safely Remove Hardware list. Thanks Tony
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Hi, We have a PC which backs up every evening to a USB hard drive. The problem is, users stick their pen drives into the PC and when they have finished they click Safely Remove Hardware but dont look at the drive letter so they often eject the backup drive then complain if the backup is missing. Is there any way to prevent a device from being ejected or hide it drom the Safely Remove Hardware list. Thanks Tony
Keeping a file open on the drive may achieve this, though the user may complain that they can't safely remove the USB stick if they're not paying attention.
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Keeping a file open on the drive may achieve this, though the user may complain that they can't safely remove the USB stick if they're not paying attention.
Thanks for the reply - thats a neat solution. :thumbsup: Tony
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Hi, We have a PC which backs up every evening to a USB hard drive. The problem is, users stick their pen drives into the PC and when they have finished they click Safely Remove Hardware but dont look at the drive letter so they often eject the backup drive then complain if the backup is missing. Is there any way to prevent a device from being ejected or hide it drom the Safely Remove Hardware list. Thanks Tony
We had a similar situation. While the active file might help, it doesn't stop the users who have a clue potential sitting firmly in the negatives along with a determination index over 9000. To stop these folks we had a sign on the monitor itself. In order to use this machine you agree to the following: I have read this document and if I fail to follow procedures it is grounds for immediate disciplinary action up to but not only limited to dismissal, severe monatary penalties, immediate floggin, possible defenestration, noogies, severe tonguelashings, and wet willies. 1) The correct drive to remove is NOT the F drive. 2) If you are safely removing hardware, do not remove the F drive. 3) THE F DRIVE IS EVIL, DON'T TOUCH IT. REMEMBER TIME BANDITS?! 4) Seriosuly, if you remove the F drive, we will get mad because it is the only way we have of backing this up. If you do that and someone *ahem* screws up, we can't go back to a safe file that is less than a week old. You want to redo the last week? Not only will you have to, but we have logs, we will tell your friends you are the reason they have to redo those TPS reports again. 5) Failure to live up to guidelines 1-4 will result in us telling your fellow teachers you were the one that did it and they'll take care of you. Do it again and we look for windows. We had 1 person screw up after this sign was put up. There was 1 incident and after the rest of the staff started giving him an incredibly bad time it stopped happening. Peer pressure is your best weapon.
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