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|    Gunslinger (Andrew Ershikov) to Matt Munson    |
|    forcing the shutdown of external devices    |
|    11 May 13 19:41:12    |
      Привет, Matt!              11 Май 13 00:52, ты писал(а) All:               MM> Hello everybody!               MM> it sucks how my external hard drive cant be shut down properly        MM> sometimes even when i want to eject the device. is there any way i can        MM> find out what programs are utilizing that device?               MM> Matt                      MM> ... A wasted vote is a wasted vote you do not believe in.              What exactly occurs to a HDD? What you mean under "cant be shut down       properly"? Are bad sectors appears? Or files are damaged?              Gunslinger              --- GoldED+/W32-MINGW 1.1.5-b20060703 (New Point Express)        * Origin: (2:5000/111.15)    |
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