Windows 10: Mount external USB3 disk after Safely Removing it?

Discus and support Mount external USB3 disk after Safely Removing it? in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Win 10 Pro 64bit. I have an external hard disk (WD MyBook) connected via USB3. After using it I use the "Safely Remove ..." thingo to remove/unmount... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by larrymcg, Oct 6, 2016.

  1. larrymcg Win User

    Mount external USB3 disk after Safely Removing it?


    Win 10 Pro 64bit. I have an external hard disk (WD MyBook) connected via USB3. After using it I use the "Safely Remove ..." thingo to remove/unmount it. Sometimes I want to mount it again but the only way I have found to do that is to power the drive down and up again. I'd like to mount it again without powering the disk down and up. This disk does not have a power switch so I have to pull the power adapter.

    Seems like there should be an easier way to mount the disk. Suggestions?

    -- Larry

    :)
     
    larrymcg, Oct 6, 2016
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  2. Marcomm_ Win User

    External hard drives do not stay active

    Hi,

    I cannot avoid to put external usb3 hard drives at sleep! I want that all my extern al hard drives will always be on anbd never go to sleep.

    "USB selective suspend setting" is disable and "turn off hard disk after" is set to zero.

    Hard disks are connected on a usb3 pci-e card.
     
    Marcomm_, Oct 6, 2016
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  3. Why do I need to call 'disk management' to see my drive in file explorer?

    New WD external usb3 2Tb drive, connected on usb3-port.

    Seen when starting Windows (text screen).

    It does not show in 'file explorer'…

    Only after starting 'disk management' the drive pops up in 'file explorer'.

    Why?
     
    sander advokaat, Oct 6, 2016
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  4. Kari Win User

    Mount external USB3 disk after Safely Removing it?

    Only reasonable way to remount it is to unplug the USB cable from PC and plug it in again.

    Personally I don't see a point in unmounting it. I keep my external disks always mounted.
     
    Kari, Oct 6, 2016
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  5. Phone Man Win User
    I have a WD MyBook Essentials and it has a power button on the back right above the USB port. Its black and not marked, just a rectangle shaped button that blends into the case.

    Jim *Cool
     
    Phone Man, Oct 6, 2016
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  6. larrymcg Win User
    I've examined the disk closely and find no power button (or any other button or control).

    There are a couple reasons I don't keep the external disk mounted:

    1. Under Win 7, I could not start/restart the system if the disk was powered up so I got in the habit of unmounting it and powering it down. Lots of folks had that problem and it didn't get solved until I upgraded the OS to Win 10.

    2. Articles on avoiding virus infections, and especially the stuff that encrypts your files and demands money, recommend keeping your backup disk unmounted when not doing backups. I don't schedule backups so I don't need the backup disk available all the time.

    So, I think I will keep powering it down when not in use. And I will make sure my next external disk has a power button!

    -- Larry
     
    larrymcg, Oct 6, 2016
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  7. Phone Man Win User
    My MyBook is a few years old and it looks like they removed the power button on newer units.
    Check your local Lowes for one of these:


    Mount external USB3 disk after Safely Removing it? [​IMG]

    Mount external USB3 disk after Safely Removing it? [​IMG]


    Works great for Christmas trees also.

    Jim *Cool
     
    Phone Man, Oct 6, 2016
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  8. jimbo45 Win User

    Mount external USB3 disk after Safely Removing it?

    Hi there

    sometimes actually you want to connect the device to another machine or even a TV, otherwise I would agree with you. Locally attaching a device especially USB3 is invariably quicker than using any sort of LAN for sharing etc.

    Sometimes too you might have a VM running on the Host and you want to specifically detach (disconnect) the USB drive from the HOST and connect it to the VM. It's safer to UNMOUNT from your Windows host before attaching the drive to the VM -- unmounting ensures that any data in the cache etc is written / read from the HDD before moving it.

    Cheers
    jimbo
     
    jimbo45, Oct 6, 2016
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  9. Kari Win User
    OP's question made it quite clear that the external disk remains connected to one and same machine all the time.
     
    Kari, Oct 6, 2016
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  10. larrymcg Win User
    Phone Man, I don't know if you were trying to be funny but I got a good chuckle about using a remote controlled switch! And then I remembered that I have X-10 modules with remote controls that could work just fine. Hmmmm....... I'll have to think about that.

    jimbo45, I do keep the disk attached to this PC. I also have it set for Quick Removal and sometimes it still will not unmount (the System process and/or the File Explorer have files open on it). System Restore is not enabled for this drive. I just power it down anyway. This seems like a common problem for other folks too.

    -- Larry
     
    larrymcg, Oct 6, 2016
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  11. Phone Man Win User
    Larry, It was a legit post. Growing up our TV did not have a remote and when my Mom wanted a station change I would have to get up and go change it. I was her remote. *chuckle So in my senior years I like everything I use a lot to have remotes.

    Jim *Cool
     
    Phone Man, Oct 6, 2016
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  12. Kari Win User
    We were colleagues *Smile
     
  13. larrymcg Win User

    Mount external USB3 disk after Safely Removing it?

    We got our first TV in 1951 or 52. I was the remote control in our house. I liked doing it then. Can't imagine doing it now!

    I'm going to mark this thread as solved. Thanks!
     
    larrymcg, Apr 5, 2018
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