Robert in CA wrote:
I tried to partition the drive but it doesn't have the
correct command to do so or I'm not doing it right.
https://postimg.cc/62SM2dqW
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So how do I change the partitions?
You just click "Next", as of the fourth picture.
The dialog shows "maximum available space" and
you're taking up all of it. According to the
dialog.
And yes, I find this style confusing. There are other
industry-standard ways of doing it.
You want me to disable ALL the autoplay? My external
hd with Mrimgs connects with autoplay and so does my
Sandisk and that would disable both of them!
I don't want to make changes that affect everything else
unless were sure what were doing first.
I'm disconnecting the external hd. for now.
Robert
If the presentation of AutoPlay annoys you, I'm telling
you that you can turn it off. I don't even pay attention
to the options in there. I don't want any automation
executing unknown stuff without at least some
examination of what it's doing. And that mechanism,
is a favorite of malware on things like Patriot sticks.
I tend to check Disk Management if I have any questions
about what mounted or failed to mount. Stuff fails
here all the time. Things show up without drive letters
and then I have to add drive letters. And sometimes it
says it can't deal with whatever it found on the volume.
That's when I use TestDisk for a look (as it can display
the files in an NTFS volume, even when the NTFS is not
mounted by the OS).
https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
It takes a long time, to become comfortable with the interface.
Pressing "control-c" to stop the program, ensures nothing
naughty happens if you "get into a bind". I used that a lot
at first, when burrowing down some menu choice and "not
liking where we were going". But it's a good tool, when
you need to look inside something. It's how I look in
the ESP on GPT OS disks (a part of the boot sequence).
https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Step_By_Step
Paul