Bill recommends using Eject when using a USB. That's a new term to me. how do you do it? Ethel in Nebraska In a message dated 1/26/2011 3:15:13 P.M. Central Standard Time, swalker7736@yahoo.com writes: True that. Sadly, even when that's done religiously, they still have a higher rate of failure than I now trust. So, hooray for redundancy! From: Bill Buchanan Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 11:28 AM To: Suzanne Walker ; paf-5-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PAF-5] USB memory stick Windows does not always finish copying data to the flash drive, unless you use the official "Eject" or "Safely remove mass storage device" process. Otherwise, the last few bytes of data may still be held up in the data transfer buffer, which means that if you unplug the flash drive without going through the Eject process, the file on the flash drive may be incomplete and unusable. Newer versions of Windows (Vista and 7) seem to have fewer problems in this regard than older versions, but always use the Eject process anyway. It only takes a few seconds. Bill Buchanan On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Suzanne Walker <swalker7736@yahoo.com> wrote: On a side note, if you're using a thumb drive to work on your PAF file, I would caution against it. I have twice now ended up with major database corruption keeping my PAF file on a USB drive so that I could work on different machines. I've switched to using dropbox, which synchronizes files over an internet connection (it also serves as backup, and has version recovery capabilities). Best, Suzanne > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:42:23 +1000 > From: "Col Paterson" <banjo1@bigpond.net.au> > Subject: [PAF-5] USB memory stick. > To: <paf-5-users@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <001501cbbd13$6c840210$458c0630$@net.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > G'day Friends, Happy Australia Day. May I ask of the many people on this > list who use these USB Thumb Drives, Flash drives whatever you may call > them, ever been able to secure the information on one by way of a P.I.N or > Password. I have been told that one must buy a particular brand that comes > with a software disc to enable just this and also to partition the drive. > Presumably there will be an extra cost for this it's a thought that > occurred > to me when mine fell off my keyring into the river, as it had previously > been through the washing machine cycle and survived I'm now a little > concerned that if anyone finds it they will have no trouble reading my > content. > > Allabest > > Col ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAF-5-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

"Safely remove mass storage device" is done by clicking the Safely Remove Hardware/USB icon in the far lower righthand corner of the screen. (The shape of the icon will depend on the version of Windows.) In Windows Vista or 7, right-clicking the icon of the flashdrive will open a pop-up menu, which has Eject as one of the options. Either of these actions seems to flush the data buffer and close the file, so it is complete. Bill On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 7:33 PM, <Genbug6607@aol.com> wrote: > Bill recommends using Eject when using a USB. That's a new term to me. > how do you do it? Ethel in Nebraska > > > In a message dated 1/26/2011 3:15:13 P.M. Central Standard Time, > swalker7736@yahoo.com writes: > > True that. Sadly, even when that's done religiously, they still have a > higher rate of failure than I now trust. So, hooray for redundancy! > > > From: Bill Buchanan > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 11:28 AM > To: Suzanne Walker ; paf-5-users@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PAF-5] USB memory stick > > > Windows does not always finish copying data to the flash drive, unless you > use the official "Eject" or "Safely remove mass storage device" process. > Otherwise, the last few bytes of data may still be held up in the data > transfer buffer, which means that if you unplug the flash drive without > going > through the Eject process, the file on the flash drive may be incomplete > and > unusable. Newer versions of Windows (Vista and 7) seem to have fewer > problems in this regard than older versions, but always use the Eject > process > anyway. It only takes a few seconds. > > Bill Buchanan > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Suzanne Walker <swalker7736@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > On a side note, if you're using a thumb drive to work on your PAF file, I > would caution against it. I have twice now ended up with major database > corruption keeping my PAF file on a USB drive so that I could work on > different machines. I've switched to using dropbox, which synchronizes > files over an internet connection (it also serves as backup, and has > version > recovery capabilities). > > Best, > Suzanne > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:42:23 +1000 > > From: "Col Paterson" <banjo1@bigpond.net.au> > > Subject: [PAF-5] USB memory stick. > > To: <paf-5-users@rootsweb.com> > > Message-ID: <001501cbbd13$6c840210$458c0630$@net.au> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > G'day Friends, Happy Australia Day. May I ask of the many people on > this > > list who use these USB Thumb Drives, Flash drives whatever you may call > > them, ever been able to secure the information on one by way of a P.I.N > or > > Password. I have been told that one must buy a particular brand that > comes > > with a software disc to enable just this and also to partition the > drive. > > Presumably there will be an extra cost for this it's a thought that > > occurred > > to me when mine fell off my keyring into the river, as it had previously > > been through the washing machine cycle and survived I'm now a little > > concerned that if anyone finds it they will have no trouble reading my > > content. > > > > Allabest > > > > Col > >