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At Startup I always get a question from User Account Control asking if my external HD can have access. Is there a way to have the HD automatically allowed access at Startup ?
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I've never seen a hard disk asking access to the PC. Usually the PC access the disk, not the other way around.
And I've turned UAC off, even in Windows 7. In Vista it was a disaster, of course.
So what's your OS and why does the disk access the PC?
Kees
It sounds like something is AUTORUNNING from said drive. I'd look for and rename any AUTORUN.INF on that drive for a test run.
Bob
That's probably what my problem is, there is an autorun.inf file on the device. This is a HD I was using without a problem on my XP system that crashed & burned. Can I just disable or remove that file ?
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