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July 26th 09, 12:06 AM
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How can I close down a drive ?
Windows XP Home edtition Version 5.1 SP2
My computer has 2 removable drives, each with 3 partitions. I use Paragon Drive Copy to copy the whole of the main drive to the other drive as a backup. I want to automate this procedure by scheduling it but Drive Copy throws up an error that Drive D is in use and demands an input to allow a reboot. If I'm not present when it is scheduled it just stalls waiting for my input !!! If I could shut down the secondary drive first, I don't see there would be any problem, but how do I make the secondary drive shut down ? Perhaps it should be obvious but I cannot see how to do it. 
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July 26th 09, 04:23 AM
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How can I close down a drive ?
You can shutdown hardware by opening device mgr,expand the tree,R.click
on it,select "disable".To shutdown hardware thru other methods,try running a script,to locate or create one,go to: http://www.microsoft.com/technet At technet,locate script center. "jakthelad" wrote: Windows XP Home edtition Version 5.1 SP2 My computer has 2 removable drives, each with 3 partitions. I use Paragon Drive Copy to copy the whole of the main drive to the other drive as a backup. I want to automate this procedure by scheduling it but Drive Copy throws up an error that Drive D is in use and demands an input to allow a reboot. If I'm not present when it is scheduled it just stalls waiting for my input !!! If I could shut down the secondary drive first, I don't see there would be any problem, but how do I make the secondary drive shut down ? Perhaps it should be obvious but I cannot see how to do it.
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July 26th 09, 08:58 AM
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How can I close down a drive ?
Firstly I don't see how to automate an action in Device Manager and secondly
won't that mean that the drive won't re-open when I next boot up? "Andrew E." wrote: You can shutdown hardware by opening device mgr,expand the tree,R.click on it,select "disable".To shutdown hardware thru other methods,try running a script,to locate or create one,go to: http://www.microsoft.com/technet At technet,locate script center. "jakthelad" wrote: Windows XP Home edtition Version 5.1 SP2 My computer has 2 removable drives, each with 3 partitions. I use Paragon Drive Copy to copy the whole of the main drive to the other drive as a backup. I want to automate this procedure by scheduling it but Drive Copy throws up an error that Drive D is in use and demands an input to allow a reboot. If I'm not present when it is scheduled it just stalls waiting for my input !!! If I could shut down the secondary drive first, I don't see there would be any problem, but how do I make the secondary drive shut down ? Perhaps it should be obvious but I cannot see how to do it.
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July 26th 09, 09:27 AM
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How can I close down a drive ?
On Jul 26, 12:06*am, jakthelad
wrote: Windows *XP Home edtition Version 5.1 SP2 My computer has 2 removable drives, each with 3 partitions. I use Paragon Drive Copy to copy the whole of the main drive to the other drive as a backup. I want to automate this procedure by scheduling it but Drive Copy throws up an error that Drive D is in use and demands an input to allow a reboot. If I'm not present when it is scheduled it just stalls waiting for my input !!! If I could shut down the secondary drive first, I don't see there would be any problem, but how do I make the secondary drive shut down ? Perhaps it should be obvious but I cannot see how to do it. My computer has 2 removable drives, each with 3 partitions. By "removable" do you mean "external" drives? If so, unplug/switch off the offender. If they are internal drives you need dual boot options. Also Paragon doesn't have the "brains" of Acronis True Image.
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July 26th 09, 11:04 AM
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How can I close down a drive ?
Try dismounting the volume by using the fsutil volume dismount command.
fsutil volume dismount d: John jakthelad wrote: Windows XP Home edtition Version 5.1 SP2 My computer has 2 removable drives, each with 3 partitions. I use Paragon Drive Copy to copy the whole of the main drive to the other drive as a backup. I want to automate this procedure by scheduling it but Drive Copy throws up an error that Drive D is in use and demands an input to allow a reboot. If I'm not present when it is scheduled it just stalls waiting for my input !!! If I could shut down the secondary drive first, I don't see there would be any problem, but how do I make the secondary drive shut down ? Perhaps it should be obvious but I cannot see how to do it.
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July 26th 09, 11:40 AM
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How can I close down a drive ?
jakthelad
Easiest way is to dismount the volume -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "jakthelad" wrote in message ... Windows XP Home edtition Version 5.1 SP2 My computer has 2 removable drives, each with 3 partitions. I use Paragon Drive Copy to copy the whole of the main drive to the other drive as a backup. I want to automate this procedure by scheduling it but Drive Copy throws up an error that Drive D is in use and demands an input to allow a reboot. If I'm not present when it is scheduled it just stalls waiting for my input !!! If I could shut down the secondary drive first, I don't see there would be any problem, but how do I make the secondary drive shut down ? Perhaps it should be obvious but I cannot see how to do it.
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July 26th 09, 11:41 AM
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How can I close down a drive ?
Andrew
Go away and get a life. -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Andrew E." wrote in message ... You can shutdown hardware by opening device mgr,expand the tree,R.click on it,select "disable".To shutdown hardware thru other methods,try running a script,to locate or create one,go to: http://www.microsoft.com/technet At technet,locate script center. "jakthelad" wrote: Windows XP Home edtition Version 5.1 SP2 My computer has 2 removable drives, each with 3 partitions. I use Paragon Drive Copy to copy the whole of the main drive to the other drive as a backup. I want to automate this procedure by scheduling it but Drive Copy throws up an error that Drive D is in use and demands an input to allow a reboot. If I'm not present when it is scheduled it just stalls waiting for my input !!! If I could shut down the secondary drive first, I don't see there would be any problem, but how do I make the secondary drive shut down ? Perhaps it should be obvious but I cannot see how to do it.
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July 26th 09, 07:16 PM
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How can I close down a drive ?
"jakthelad" wrote in message
Windows XP Home edtition Version 5.1 SP2 My computer has 2 removable drives, each with 3 partitions. I use Paragon Drive Copy to copy the whole of the main drive to the other drive as a backup. I want to automate this procedure by scheduling it but Drive Copy throws up an error that Drive D is in use and demands an input to allow a reboot. If I'm not present when it is scheduled it just stalls waiting for my input !!! If I could shut down the secondary drive first, I don't see there would be any problem, but how do I make the secondary drive shut down ? Perhaps it should be obvious but I cannot see how to do it. Assuming they are external drives, have you tried the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the system tray? It probably won't work if the drive is in use, but it's worth trying; nothing to lose.
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