 Drive Removal Question, Uninstall, or Disable? |
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 Nov 3 2007, 01:35 PM
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 SPAM Magnet  Group: Site Admin Posts: 14,437 Joined: 6-May 04 From: SW Louisiana Member No.: 363  |
In the Device manager, should I Disable, or Uninstall the drives? This is only, a temporary move. -------------------- I love being married.
It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy, for the rest of your life. |
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Nov 3 2007, 01:47 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Banned Posts: 428 Joined: 29-October 07 From: Missoula, MT Member No.: 166,284 |
you'll have to power off your system completely before removing hardware.
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Nov 3 2007, 01:58 PM
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Forum Addict Group: BC Advisor Posts: 7,459 Joined: 3-September 05 From: Killeen, TX Member No.: 33,068 |
When I move hardware (which I do a lot of, with two home systems), I don't even worry about disabling or uninstalling anything unless it's a permanent change.
Your BIOS is probably on autodetect of drives and it won't make any difference re the drives. Even if it weren't, the BIOS has no problem with drives which are not there, it's drives which are connected and not recognized which are the problem (mostly on older BIOSes). A quirk I discovered last year is that my BIOS won't allow me to disable the floppy, doing so caused me boot problems. So, just take them out and put them back at your leisure  .Louis |
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Nov 3 2007, 05:23 PM
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SPAM Magnet Group: Site Admin Posts: 14,437 Joined: 6-May 04 From: SW Louisiana Member No.: 363 |
Yeah, I know I'll need to power off, before removing anyyhing, Robert Isbell.
I just wanted to make sure I'd be able to reboot, without any conflicts, minus the drives. I need the drives for getting a new system up, but I also need the present system running, in case I need help with the install. That's what I was looking for, hamluis. Thanks everyone, for the input.  -------------------- I love being married.
It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy, for the rest of your life. |
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Nov 3 2007, 08:24 PM
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Arachibutyrophobia Group: BC Advisor Posts: 5,200 Joined: 4-March 05 From: Northern Sierra Foothills Member No.: 13,532 |
Hi TG, those devices are plug and play, as you know you don't want to do this with the system powered up, but the install wizard will recognize these guys as new hardware when they are installed and powered up and will go through the installation process which will install the drivers that are native and appropriate. Your Os will usually have the needed drivers for devices like your floppy and CD-ROM, but devices like printers and scanner you will need the CD for the drivers for those devices.
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Nov 3 2007, 10:03 PM
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SPAM Magnet Group: Site Admin Posts: 14,437 Joined: 6-May 04 From: SW Louisiana Member No.: 363 |
Thanks, dc3.
That's good to hear. Just wanted to make sure I didn't have to remove them, through the Device Manager. -------------------- I love being married.
It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy, for the rest of your life. |
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