I needed a USB stick; I have a drawer full. I got one out and plugged it
in. It didn't appear in My Computer nor in "Safely Remove ..." in the systray.
It did appear under Disk Management, but I couldn't format it. I'm not
too sure what was on it, but probably some bootable OS (Linux?). It had
an EFI partition.
So I used Diskpart, Clean; which worked.
This is rather worrying, with MS about to remove Control Panel. I hope they'll leave access to lower-level gateways that have no alternative.
Ed
On 27/9/2024 3:37 am, Ed Cryer wrote:
I needed a USB stick; I have a drawer full. I got one out and plugged it
in. It didn't appear in My Computer nor in "Safely Remove ..." in the
systray.
It did appear under Disk Management, but I couldn't format it. I'm not
too sure what was on it, but probably some bootable OS (Linux?). It had
an EFI partition.
So I used Diskpart, Clean; which worked.
Smelled like partition table problem. You sure that the drive was okay
before this?
Diskpart was never an applet presented in Control Panel.
Disk Management (drvmgmt.msc)
Due to the limitations of Microsoft's partition tools, I've used 3rd
party partition managers.
On Thu, 26 Sep 2024 16:44:15 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:
Diskpart was never an applet presented in Control Panel.
That matches my memory. I haven't used it in ages, but tried it just
now in a non-admin command prompt. I got a regular Windows UAC
prompt, and when I granted permission a separate command window
opened, with diskpart running.
Disk Management (drvmgmt.msc)
ITYM diskmgmt.msc? My copy of Windows 10 22H2 knows nothing about
drvmgmt (with or without the trailing ".msc"). It does bring up Disk Management in response to "diskmgmt" (with or without ".msc").
Due to the limitations of Microsoft's partition tools, I've used 3rd
party partition managers.
Heave a sigh for Partition Magic, which was terrific until Symantec
bought it.
On Thu, 26 Sep 2024 16:44:15 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:
Diskpart was never an applet presented in Control Panel.
That matches my memory. I haven't used it in ages, but tried it just
now in a non-admin command prompt. I got a regular Windows UAC
prompt, and when I granted permission a separate command window
opened, with diskpart running.
Disk Management (drvmgmt.msc)
ITYM diskmgmt.msc? My copy of Windows 10 22H2 knows nothing about
drvmgmt (with or without the trailing ".msc"). It does bring up Disk Management in response to "diskmgmt" (with or without ".msc").
Due to the limitations of Microsoft's partition tools, I've used 3rd
party partition managers.
Heave a sigh for Partition Magic, which was terrific until Symantec
bought it.
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On 27/9/2024 3:37 am, Ed Cryer wrote:
I needed a USB stick; I have a drawer full. I got one out and plugged it >>> in. It didn't appear in My Computer nor in "Safely Remove ..." in the
systray.
It did appear under Disk Management, but I couldn't format it. I'm not
too sure what was on it, but probably some bootable OS (Linux?). It had
an EFI partition.
So I used Diskpart, Clean; which worked.
Smelled like partition table problem. You sure that the drive was okay before this?
An EFI partition protects Window's necessary data; it will never allow you to format it.
Ed
dd.exe --list
VanguardLH wrote:
Due to the limitations of Microsoft's partition tools, I've used 3rd
party partition managers.
Heave a sigh for Partition Magic, which was terrific until Symantec
bought it.
I needed a USB stick; I have a drawer full. I got one out and plugged it
in. It didn't appear in My Computer nor in "Safely Remove ..." in the systray.
It did appear under Disk Management, but I couldn't format it. I'm not
too sure what was on it, but probably some bootable OS (Linux?). It had
an EFI partition.
So I used Diskpart, Clean; which worked.
This is rather worrying, with MS about to remove Control Panel. I hope they'll leave access to lower-level gateways that have no alternative.
I needed a USB stick; I have a drawer full. I got one out and plugged it in. It didn't appear in My Computer nor in "Safely Remove ..." in the systray.
It did appear under Disk Management, but I couldn't format it. I'm not too sure what was on it, but probably some bootable OS (Linux?). It had an EFI partition.
So I used Diskpart, Clean; which worked.
This is rather worrying, with MS about to remove Control Panel. I hope they'll
leave access to lower-level gateways that have no alternative.
Ed
On Thu, 9/26/2024 3:37 PM, Ed Cryer wrote:
I needed a USB stick; I have a drawer full. I got one out and plugged it in. >> It didn't appear in My Computer nor in "Safely Remove ..." in the systray. >> It did appear under Disk Management, but I couldn't format it. I'm not too >> sure what was on it, but probably some bootable OS (Linux?). It had an EFI partition.
So I used Diskpart, Clean; which worked.
This is rather worrying, with MS about to remove Control Panel. I hope they'll
leave access to lower-level gateways that have no alternative.
Ed
You'll have a Terminal of some sort.
You don't have to worry about that.
Third party applications expose all sorts of
"pain points" on the OS that need manual intervention.
It's not possible to reduce everything to a control
panel or a Settings dialog.
A more likely scenario, is the Terminal disappears
and a voice operated AI takes its place. You will
say "Hey, format this USB stick for me" or whatever,
and the AI will Google it, find the internal commands,
use the internal terminal, and say "Here's your stick".
But the AI will also say "I'm getting an error 2184 here,
and the imprecision of the error prevents me from doing
my job. Tough luck, buddy." And then we'll be back to
square one. See? Very hard to extinguish that Terminal.
Very hard indeed. A human still has to change the
oil and the filter. Some assembly required. YMMV :-)
Paul
On 9/26/2024 3:37 PM, Ed Cryer wrote:
I needed a USB stick; I have a drawer full. I got one out and plugged it in. It didn't appear in My Computer nor in "Safely Remove ..." in the systray.
It did appear under Disk Management, but I couldn't format it. I'm not too sure what was on it, but probably some bootable OS (Linux?). It had an EFI partition.
So I used Diskpart, Clean; which worked.
This is rather worrying, with MS about to remove Control Panel. I hope they'll leave access to lower-level gateways that have no alternative.
All indications are that MS want to branch as much as possible,
with a kiosk services interface for the hoi polloi and an increasingly
arcane commandline for corporate IT. They don't want people being
able to control or customize.
No one should *have to* use commandline for anything in this
day and age, 30+ years after the development of effective GUI.
But Linux people often have a console fetish, IT people like to feel
like rugged outdoorsmen who can survive the wilderness without
a mouse, and console is a great way to kick out the general
public from settings. So it's a win-win for MS.
I expect that even things like device manager or networking will
move to PowerShell, WMI, etc. The settings will just be for picking
wallpaper and such. Even now the display settings are pretty much
devoid of options and information. One needs a separate program for
that, obtained from the graphics chip manufacturer.
But disk management was always crap; extremely limited. I've
always used BootIt for partition work. I only use disk management
when I want to change drive letters. It can, at least, do that. Not
long ago I decided to try disk management to resize C a bit in order
to expand the recovery partition. Windows refused to do it, claiming
there were "immovable" files in the way. So I rebooted into BootIt,
which did the job quickly and easily.
This is rather worrying, with MS about to remove Control Panel.
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