Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
Sven Hazejager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
No, camcontrol does not support this over USB. Windows XP demonstrates
it is technically possible, and I do not believe it is fully safe to
disconnect the drive (even when unmounted), as the drive then is not
able to park its heads, which it DOES do under XP.
All modern disks (since at least the early 1990s) automatically park
their heads when they lose power. There is no need to do it in
software.
So it seems that windows is switching off the power of the devices when you select
"eject". I can see that some users might feel more comfortable with this
behaviour.
cheers
simon
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