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Old March 6th 10, 06:30 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Llibert
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Posts: 6
Default Infotip on removable storage media

OS: XP HE 5.1.2600 SP3 HP OEM, catalan MUI, Windows classic style.

First please excuse me for my English, not my language, but I cann't get any
piece of advice from my native group although I posted there repeatedly.

My local disks as well as my CD/DVD drives, folders and files, show an
infotip when the mouse hovers thereon.
However, my USB pendrives and my MMC/SD memory cards do not shown any
infotip by this method.
I tried a NTFS format instead of FAT/32 but this didn't help.
What is the reason? How can I manage so that ALL of my local and removable
drives show an infotip reporting total size and free space -as seen in
Properties-, assuming that this is possible? If not, a simple confirmation
will also be appreciated. Thank you in advance for your reply.
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Old March 7th 10, 07:16 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Andrew E.
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Default Infotip on removable storage media

Try run,type: diskmgmt.msc In msc,L.click on a drive,go to actions,all,
select: "make active" Exit msc when thru.

"Llibert" wrote:

OS: XP HE 5.1.2600 SP3 HP OEM, catalan MUI, Windows classic style.

First please excuse me for my English, not my language, but I cann't get any
piece of advice from my native group although I posted there repeatedly.

My local disks as well as my CD/DVD drives, folders and files, show an
infotip when the mouse hovers thereon.
However, my USB pendrives and my MMC/SD memory cards do not shown any
infotip by this method.
I tried a NTFS format instead of FAT/32 but this didn't help.
What is the reason? How can I manage so that ALL of my local and removable
drives show an infotip reporting total size and free space -as seen in
Properties-, assuming that this is possible? If not, a simple confirmation
will also be appreciated. Thank you in advance for your reply.

  #3  
Old March 7th 10, 07:16 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Andrew E.
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Posts: 3,409
Default Infotip on removable storage media

Try run,type: diskmgmt.msc In msc,L.click on a drive,go to actions,all,
select: "make active" Exit msc when thru.

"Llibert" wrote:

OS: XP HE 5.1.2600 SP3 HP OEM, catalan MUI, Windows classic style.

First please excuse me for my English, not my language, but I cann't get any
piece of advice from my native group although I posted there repeatedly.

My local disks as well as my CD/DVD drives, folders and files, show an
infotip when the mouse hovers thereon.
However, my USB pendrives and my MMC/SD memory cards do not shown any
infotip by this method.
I tried a NTFS format instead of FAT/32 but this didn't help.
What is the reason? How can I manage so that ALL of my local and removable
drives show an infotip reporting total size and free space -as seen in
Properties-, assuming that this is possible? If not, a simple confirmation
will also be appreciated. Thank you in advance for your reply.

  #4  
Old March 7th 10, 12:15 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Llibert
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Default Infotip on removable storage media

Thank you for your suggestion, but it doesn't work, at least for me. In fact,
a similar option "make (partition) active" found in diskmgmt.msc is not
available (dim grey) for the pendrive.

"Andrew E." wrote:

Try run,type: diskmgmt.msc In msc,L.click on a drive,go to actions,all,
select: "make active" Exit msc when thru.

"Llibert" wrote:

OS: XP HE 5.1.2600 SP3 HP OEM, catalan MUI, Windows classic style.

First please excuse me for my English, not my language, but I cann't get any
piece of advice from my native group although I posted there repeatedly.

My local disks as well as my CD/DVD drives, folders and files, show an
infotip when the mouse hovers thereon.
However, my USB pendrives and my MMC/SD memory cards do not shown any
infotip by this method.
I tried a NTFS format instead of FAT/32 but this didn't help.
What is the reason? How can I manage so that ALL of my local and removable
drives show an infotip reporting total size and free space -as seen in
Properties-, assuming that this is possible? If not, a simple confirmation
will also be appreciated. Thank you in advance for your reply.

  #5  
Old March 7th 10, 12:15 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Llibert
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Posts: 6
Default Infotip on removable storage media

Thank you for your suggestion, but it doesn't work, at least for me. In fact,
a similar option "make (partition) active" found in diskmgmt.msc is not
available (dim grey) for the pendrive.

"Andrew E." wrote:

Try run,type: diskmgmt.msc In msc,L.click on a drive,go to actions,all,
select: "make active" Exit msc when thru.

"Llibert" wrote:

OS: XP HE 5.1.2600 SP3 HP OEM, catalan MUI, Windows classic style.

First please excuse me for my English, not my language, but I cann't get any
piece of advice from my native group although I posted there repeatedly.

My local disks as well as my CD/DVD drives, folders and files, show an
infotip when the mouse hovers thereon.
However, my USB pendrives and my MMC/SD memory cards do not shown any
infotip by this method.
I tried a NTFS format instead of FAT/32 but this didn't help.
What is the reason? How can I manage so that ALL of my local and removable
drives show an infotip reporting total size and free space -as seen in
Properties-, assuming that this is possible? If not, a simple confirmation
will also be appreciated. Thank you in advance for your reply.

  #6  
Old March 7th 10, 05:41 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Tim Meddick
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Posts: 1,995
Default Infotip on removable storage media


I cannot tell you how to accomplish what you want.

But I can tell you that both the effect that Removable Drives [Class] do not display
Total and Free Space (as InfoTips) and that the option to Make Partition Active
should be greyed out in Disk Management.

Both of these behaviours is normal if undesirable.

I too think; "why shouldn't free-space be displayed on Removable Drives, just as it
is on fixed disks?"

But the facts are that they aren't.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"Llibert" wrote in message
...
Thank you for your suggestion, but it doesn't work, at least for me. In fact,
a similar option "make (partition) active" found in diskmgmt.msc is not
available (dim grey) for the pendrive.

"Andrew E." wrote:

Try run,type: diskmgmt.msc In msc,L.click on a drive,go to actions,all,
select: "make active" Exit msc when thru.

"Llibert" wrote:

OS: XP HE 5.1.2600 SP3 HP OEM, catalan MUI, Windows classic style.

First please excuse me for my English, not my language, but I cann't get any
piece of advice from my native group although I posted there repeatedly.

My local disks as well as my CD/DVD drives, folders and files, show an
infotip when the mouse hovers thereon.
However, my USB pendrives and my MMC/SD memory cards do not shown any
infotip by this method.
I tried a NTFS format instead of FAT/32 but this didn't help.
What is the reason? How can I manage so that ALL of my local and removable
drives show an infotip reporting total size and free space -as seen in
Properties-, assuming that this is possible? If not, a simple confirmation
will also be appreciated. Thank you in advance for your reply.


  #7  
Old March 7th 10, 05:41 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Tim Meddick
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Posts: 1,995
Default Infotip on removable storage media


I cannot tell you how to accomplish what you want.

But I can tell you that both the effect that Removable Drives [Class] do not display
Total and Free Space (as InfoTips) and that the option to Make Partition Active
should be greyed out in Disk Management.

Both of these behaviours is normal if undesirable.

I too think; "why shouldn't free-space be displayed on Removable Drives, just as it
is on fixed disks?"

But the facts are that they aren't.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"Llibert" wrote in message
...
Thank you for your suggestion, but it doesn't work, at least for me. In fact,
a similar option "make (partition) active" found in diskmgmt.msc is not
available (dim grey) for the pendrive.

"Andrew E." wrote:

Try run,type: diskmgmt.msc In msc,L.click on a drive,go to actions,all,
select: "make active" Exit msc when thru.

"Llibert" wrote:

OS: XP HE 5.1.2600 SP3 HP OEM, catalan MUI, Windows classic style.

First please excuse me for my English, not my language, but I cann't get any
piece of advice from my native group although I posted there repeatedly.

My local disks as well as my CD/DVD drives, folders and files, show an
infotip when the mouse hovers thereon.
However, my USB pendrives and my MMC/SD memory cards do not shown any
infotip by this method.
I tried a NTFS format instead of FAT/32 but this didn't help.
What is the reason? How can I manage so that ALL of my local and removable
drives show an infotip reporting total size and free space -as seen in
Properties-, assuming that this is possible? If not, a simple confirmation
will also be appreciated. Thank you in advance for your reply.


  #8  
Old March 7th 10, 07:17 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Ken Blake, MVP
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Posts: 10,402
Default Infotip on removable storage media

On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 16:41:36 -0000, "Tim Meddick"
wrote:


I cannot tell you how to accomplish what you want.

But I can tell you that both the effect that Removable Drives [Class] do not display
Total and Free Space (as InfoTips) and that the option to Make Partition Active
should be greyed out in Disk Management.

Both of these behaviours is normal if undesirable.

I too think; "why shouldn't free-space be displayed on Removable Drives, just as it
is on fixed disks?"

But the facts are that they aren't.



Interesting. I had never noticed this, so I wanted to check it. I
don't have an XP machine handy to check it on, so I only checked in
Windows 7. In Windows 7, free space is displayed on removable drive,
just as with fixed ones.

So, if you don't mind my asking, are you sure of what you say? Can you
check it one more time?

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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  #9  
Old March 7th 10, 07:17 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Ken Blake, MVP
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Posts: 10,402
Default Infotip on removable storage media

On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 16:41:36 -0000, "Tim Meddick"
wrote:


I cannot tell you how to accomplish what you want.

But I can tell you that both the effect that Removable Drives [Class] do not display
Total and Free Space (as InfoTips) and that the option to Make Partition Active
should be greyed out in Disk Management.

Both of these behaviours is normal if undesirable.

I too think; "why shouldn't free-space be displayed on Removable Drives, just as it
is on fixed disks?"

But the facts are that they aren't.



Interesting. I had never noticed this, so I wanted to check it. I
don't have an XP machine handy to check it on, so I only checked in
Windows 7. In Windows 7, free space is displayed on removable drive,
just as with fixed ones.

So, if you don't mind my asking, are you sure of what you say? Can you
check it one more time?

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup
  #10  
Old March 8th 10, 02:47 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Etaoin Shrdlu[_2_]
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Default Infotip on removable storage media

On 3/7/2010 12:17 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 16:41:36 -0000, "Tim Meddick"
wrote:


I cannot tell you how to accomplish what you want.

But I can tell you that both the effect that Removable Drives [Class] do not display
Total and Free Space (as InfoTips) and that the option to Make Partition Active
should be greyed out in Disk Management.

Both of these behaviours is normal if undesirable.

I too think; "why shouldn't free-space be displayed on Removable Drives, just as it
is on fixed disks?"

But the facts are that they aren't.



Interesting. I had never noticed this, so I wanted to check it. I
don't have an XP machine handy to check it on, so I only checked in
Windows 7. In Windows 7, free space is displayed on removable drive,
just as with fixed ones.

So, if you don't mind my asking, are you sure of what you say? Can you
check it one more time?


WinXP Home, SP3, no display for flash drives.
  #11  
Old March 8th 10, 02:47 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Etaoin Shrdlu[_2_]
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Posts: 50
Default Infotip on removable storage media

On 3/7/2010 12:17 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 16:41:36 -0000, "Tim Meddick"
wrote:


I cannot tell you how to accomplish what you want.

But I can tell you that both the effect that Removable Drives [Class] do not display
Total and Free Space (as InfoTips) and that the option to Make Partition Active
should be greyed out in Disk Management.

Both of these behaviours is normal if undesirable.

I too think; "why shouldn't free-space be displayed on Removable Drives, just as it
is on fixed disks?"

But the facts are that they aren't.



Interesting. I had never noticed this, so I wanted to check it. I
don't have an XP machine handy to check it on, so I only checked in
Windows 7. In Windows 7, free space is displayed on removable drive,
just as with fixed ones.

So, if you don't mind my asking, are you sure of what you say? Can you
check it one more time?


WinXP Home, SP3, no display for flash drives.
  #12  
Old March 8th 10, 03:00 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Ken Blake, MVP
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 10,402
Default Infotip on removable storage media

On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:47:42 -0600, Etaoin Shrdlu
wrote:

On 3/7/2010 12:17 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 16:41:36 -0000, "Tim Meddick"
wrote:


I cannot tell you how to accomplish what you want.

But I can tell you that both the effect that Removable Drives [Class] do not display
Total and Free Space (as InfoTips) and that the option to Make Partition Active
should be greyed out in Disk Management.

Both of these behaviours is normal if undesirable.

I too think; "why shouldn't free-space be displayed on Removable Drives, just as it
is on fixed disks?"

But the facts are that they aren't.



Interesting. I had never noticed this, so I wanted to check it. I
don't have an XP machine handy to check it on, so I only checked in
Windows 7. In Windows 7, free space is displayed on removable drive,
just as with fixed ones.

So, if you don't mind my asking, are you sure of what you say? Can you
check it one more time?


WinXP Home, SP3, no display for flash drives.




Thanks. So XP and 7 must be different in that regard.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup
  #13  
Old March 8th 10, 03:00 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Ken Blake, MVP
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Posts: 10,402
Default Infotip on removable storage media

On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:47:42 -0600, Etaoin Shrdlu
wrote:

On 3/7/2010 12:17 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 16:41:36 -0000, "Tim Meddick"
wrote:


I cannot tell you how to accomplish what you want.

But I can tell you that both the effect that Removable Drives [Class] do not display
Total and Free Space (as InfoTips) and that the option to Make Partition Active
should be greyed out in Disk Management.

Both of these behaviours is normal if undesirable.

I too think; "why shouldn't free-space be displayed on Removable Drives, just as it
is on fixed disks?"

But the facts are that they aren't.



Interesting. I had never noticed this, so I wanted to check it. I
don't have an XP machine handy to check it on, so I only checked in
Windows 7. In Windows 7, free space is displayed on removable drive,
just as with fixed ones.

So, if you don't mind my asking, are you sure of what you say? Can you
check it one more time?


WinXP Home, SP3, no display for flash drives.




Thanks. So XP and 7 must be different in that regard.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup
  #14  
Old March 8th 10, 05:28 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Etaoin Shrdlu[_2_]
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Posts: 50
Default Infotip on removable storage media

On 3/7/2010 8:00 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:47:42 -0600, Etaoin
wrote:

On 3/7/2010 12:17 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 16:41:36 -0000, "Tim Meddick"
wrote:


I cannot tell you how to accomplish what you want.

But I can tell you that both the effect that Removable Drives [Class] do not display
Total and Free Space (as InfoTips) and that the option to Make Partition Active
should be greyed out in Disk Management.

Both of these behaviours is normal if undesirable.

I too think; "why shouldn't free-space be displayed on Removable Drives, just as it
is on fixed disks?"

But the facts are that they aren't.


Interesting. I had never noticed this, so I wanted to check it. I
don't have an XP machine handy to check it on, so I only checked in
Windows 7. In Windows 7, free space is displayed on removable drive,
just as with fixed ones.

So, if you don't mind my asking, are you sure of what you say? Can you
check it one more time?


WinXP Home, SP3, no display for flash drives.




Thanks. So XP and 7 must be different in that regard.

So we have at least one documented improvement. :)
  #15  
Old March 8th 10, 05:28 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Etaoin Shrdlu[_2_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 50
Default Infotip on removable storage media

On 3/7/2010 8:00 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:47:42 -0600, Etaoin
wrote:

On 3/7/2010 12:17 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 16:41:36 -0000, "Tim Meddick"
wrote:


I cannot tell you how to accomplish what you want.

But I can tell you that both the effect that Removable Drives [Class] do not display
Total and Free Space (as InfoTips) and that the option to Make Partition Active
should be greyed out in Disk Management.

Both of these behaviours is normal if undesirable.

I too think; "why shouldn't free-space be displayed on Removable Drives, just as it
is on fixed disks?"

But the facts are that they aren't.


Interesting. I had never noticed this, so I wanted to check it. I
don't have an XP machine handy to check it on, so I only checked in
Windows 7. In Windows 7, free space is displayed on removable drive,
just as with fixed ones.

So, if you don't mind my asking, are you sure of what you say? Can you
check it one more time?


WinXP Home, SP3, no display for flash drives.




Thanks. So XP and 7 must be different in that regard.

So we have at least one documented improvement. :)
 




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