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But with NTFS Windows XP enables a write cache, writing small files becomes lightning fast.

The option 'Enable write caching on the disk' is grayed out for USB drive (this mean the hardware cache of the drive) and the removal policy setting ('Optimize for quick removal' or 'Optimize for performance') doesn't seem to make any difference, except that the latter enables the user to format 'Removable' USB drives with NTFS. Obviously Windows XP doesn't enable a write cache for USB drives that appear as 'Removable'. Writing large files there is no appreciable difference.

Under Windows XP writing of lots of small files to a 'Removable' pen drive is extremely slow, while it's fast under Windows 2000. But it's possible to turn a 'removable' drive into a 'fixed' one by a filter driver, Write cache active on NTFS and policy 'Optimize for performance'Д«ecause of the ability to create multiple partitions on a non removable drive and getting a write cache under XP, some users are searching for pen drives which do not pretend to have a removable media. Write cache active on NTFS and policy 'Optimize for quick removal' Write cache active on FAT and policy 'Optimize for performance' Write cache active on FAT and policy 'Optimize for quick removal' No (since Win8 yes, unless DisableRemovableDriveIndexing is 1ДЇormatting with NTFS with policy 'Optimize for quick removal'ДЇormatting with NTFS with policy 'Optimize for performance' Windows creates folder 'System Volume Information' Windows XP activates system restore for the drive Here the differences for XP up to Windows 10: Strictly spoken this is just wrong but in fact nearly all USB flash drives have the RMB set while USB hard disks have not.ДЄppearing as removable or local drive makes a difference under Windows.

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The actual meaning of 'removable' is that the drive has a removable media, like floppy and ZIP drives or flash card readers.Д®ven USB pen drives have no removable media they pretend to have by having the removable media bit (RMB) set in their hardware device descriptor. USB drives can appear as 'Removable Drive' or as 'Local Drive'. My USB Drive Letter Manager solves all this. To get persistent drive letters for external drives assign one exclusive letter per drive.

XP with SP3 assigns E: again to the USB drive, even E: is used as a network share. USB drive is removed, a network share at E: created, the USB drive reattached. The Service Pack 3 fixed it too (more or less). ' a problem' and since December 2007 a hotfix is available (WindowsXP-KB297694-x86-ENU.exe). XP has no problem assigning a drive to letter which is currently used as network share! Microsoft knows that this is Network and substs drives are completely unconsidered by XP here. The former assignment just doesn't exist anymore. When this happens the former assignment is overwritten and the first drive gets the first available drive letter again even its former drive letter is available when it's being attached. But the drive letter is not reserved while a drive is not present and therefore reassigned to another drive if required. So when a drive is attached again it gets the same letter as before. Windows can save exactly one assignment per drive letter. The search goes upwards in the alphabet and starts at 'A' for floppy drives, at 'D' for CD-ROM drives and at 'C' for all other types.

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To get rid of the 'first free letter assignment' I wrote the USB Drive Letter Manager which works under Windows 2000, XP and higher.ДЇor a drive which XP has no drive letter assignment stored it assigns the first available drive letter.

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When the USB has no USB serial then this happens again if it's attached to a different USB port. Plug'n play starts up a assigns the first available drive letter. In contrast a card reader stays attached and only the card is plugged and unplugged, so the drive letters stay.Д«ecause it's drive and media in one, each time you plug a pen drive for the first time the Windows Therefore the drive letter comes and goes with it. Here are some problems and solutions:ДЄn USB pen drive (also called 'flash drive', 'memory stick' or in german 'USB-Stick') is drive and media in one. There are many possible problems with USB drives. This page is available in German language too