Prevent Windows from mounting the external drive?
From some reason whenever I launch the add and remove control panel Windows starts accessing my external Firewire drive and it seems to keep it from loading the programs list, forcing me to unmount the drive and relaunch the control panel. The drive is just for Time Machine and I don't need access to it in Windows, is there a way to prevent Windows from mounting the drive. I'm using Macdrive so changing the format won't help.
Hi Brian,
usually I would propose to either pull the power plug of the external harddisk or the USB-/Firewire- connection before booting up into Window.
If this is a Firewire-connected harddisk you might have success with disableing the 'IEEE 1394 Host controller' in the Device Manager (Control Panel - System - Hardware).
Hope it helps
Stefan
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Welcome to Apple Support Communities, and thanks for the question. Follow the instructions on this article to move your iTunes Media folder to an external hard drive:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1364
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The MacBook Pro will not allow me to cut-and-paste to and from or to click-and-drag to the external drive. I can copy-and-paste, but then I must send the original to the trash, which doubles the time and effort. Is there any way to cut-and-paste?
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[email protected]Roderick Guerry wrote:
The MacBook Pro will not allow me to cut-and-paste to and from or to click-and-drag to the external drive. I can copy-and-paste, but then I must send the original to the trash, which doubles the time and effort. Is there any way to cut-and-paste?
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Roderick Guerry wrote:
Also, the MacBook Pro will not allow me to rename multiple documents or photographs. I can click-and-rename a single one, but this is impossibly time consuming. I can batch-rename in iPhoto, but when I transfer the photographs to the external drive, the rename does not transfer.
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Some general Apple Help www.apple.com/support/
Also,
Mac OS X Help
http://www.apple.com/support/macbasics/
Isolating Issues in Mac OS
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1388
https://www.apple.com/support/osx/
https://www.apple.com/support/quickassist/
http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/help/
http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/tour/
Get Help with your Product
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304725
Apple Mac App Store
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_app_store/using_mac_apple_store
How to Buy Mac OS X Mountain Lion/Lion
http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade/
TimeMachine 101
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427
http://www.apple.com/support/timemachine
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