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What's the best way to get info about currently unmounted drives?

First, the situation: I've got a Linux computer with two eSATA drive bays that accept removable SSD drives. I'm trying to write a little GUI application that makes it easier for the user to mount/unmount/format/backup/etc the drives that he puts…
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NTFS formatted removable storage, safely remove / unmount via command line?

We've just setup some removable storage for a file server we run in one of our offices (only supporting less than 10 work stations), one of our backup solutions is a removable harddrive that will leave the premise each night, at the same time…
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Deny access to removable storage media for Windows XP client machines via Group Policy

I am currently editing a GPO for user accounts of a particular OU and I want to disable removable drives access on a particular OU, problem is that all the client machines are Windows XP and the currently available policy works for clients that have…
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Recommend a rugged, good performing eSATA + USB hard drive for off-site backup?

I'm looking for a tough (drop resistant, etc), small USB + eSATA external hard drive specifically for backups that will be taken off-site and potentially stored over long periods. Size 500GB and up. There are so many products out there, and I'm…
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Linux Auditd tracking writes on external media

So I've been looking at ways to audit when a form of external media performs writes/ uploads on a Linux system. Currently the main solution I have come across is to simply audit when the mount and unmount syscalls occur, as tracking writes may…
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Group Policy: Enforce No Write Caching for Removable Drives

We've run into a number of issues on our system where students are unplugging devices from workstations without safely removing them first. Whilst the results are often a very good learning experience (corrupted USB disks) it would be nice if it was…
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windows 2012 r2 remote users unable to write CDs

We have an environment where multiple regular users share a single windows 2012 R2 server via RDP as their "workstation". I'd like to allow them to use an attached CD burner from time to time. I've followed the instructions here:…
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Tool to determine filesystem on CompactFlash media

I have a CompactFlash card that is used in a custom piece of hardware. WAV files are written to it. Windows doesn't recognize the media and wants to format it, which rules out FAT 16/32, NTFS, UDF, etc. Is there a Windows tool that can determine…
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Windows 2008 terminal server - How to restrict access to DVD/floppy?

I has a very simple task. I need to block access to removable media (CD, DVD, floppy, USB drives etc.) on a Windows 2008 R2 Terminal Server for users and allow it for admins. I tried to enable the following policy in GPO:------ User…
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SBS2003 won't acknowledge any USB ports

I've uninstalled/reinstalled/updated the latest drivers for all usb ports. Also, the removable storage service won't stay on.
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Can Windows Removable Storage send operator requests remotely?

I'm playing around with a LTO tape-archival setup using Windows 2003 and Remote Storage Service. Everything's working great, but one thing I've noticed is that Operator Requests only seem to be able to be displayed on the desktop of the system. This…
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Tandberg Products (Accuvault RDX 1TB &4TB)

http://www.span.com/product_info.php?products_id=33037 I am interested in getting the above to backup our existing NAS for off site storage. Has anyone used these ? recommendations ? Alternatives ? Is there anything available like a USB (2.5) Disk…
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Removable SATA backup drive corruption

Currently we have 2 SATA hard drives housed in removable enclosures (NTFS partitions). Each week the drive is swapped out with the other one after the backup job has completed. The files that are copied are large virtual machine files ranging from…
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Windows audit "Removable Storage" not generating an event for file deletion

I have a Windows 10 system on which I have enabled removable storage audits (via GPO: Computer Configuration -> Policies -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Advanced Audit Policy Configuration -> Audit Policies -> Object Access -> Audit…
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Can we prevent Windows from marking NVMe drives as removable?

I've noticed recently that when adding NVMe drives to Windows, it has a tendency to mark them as removable. I think this is more likely on "enterprise" NVMe SSDs, at least in my experience. For my own PC or less critical stuff, I'm not too bothered…
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