Thanks a lot, Fargo.
JLA
>Well, I'm not positive by any means, since I'm currently running Ubuntu,
>but the thing about Windows is that virtually every setting is,
>ultimately, read from the registry. I haven't the foggiest notion of
>what key(s) would be involved, but you might be able to sort that out
>yourself by installing a registry watching program and making the
>change. Something like this-
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/processmonitor.mspx
>actually.
>
>I'm not sure if there's a WIN32 interface for switching the mode of a
>USB drive, but if so then that could be the way to go, so you can avoid
>straight registry hacks.
>
>I should point out that, unless something changed recently, connected
>flash drives default to the performance mode. Also, you should advise
>him that NTFS requires a lot more writes to disk than FAT/VFAT, so he'll
>hit the end of life on the media that much faster, and gain almost no
>benefit from it.
>
>Good luck,
>Fargo
>
>Jean-Luc Arnaud wrote:
>> Hello everybody,
>>
>> I posted this request some days ago, and I've got no replies.
>>
>> Is there really nobody for help ?
>>
>>
>> Below is the request :
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> A client of mine would like to format FlashCards in NTFS format. It's
>> not really recommended but up to him ...
>> Formating such a device in NTFS format requires the 'Strategies'
>> property of this device to be set to 'best Performances' instead of
>> 'fast unplug' (Sorry, I don't know exactly how these parameters are
>> called on US systems, I'm working on a French one).
>> Manually, you have to select the FlashCard volume, right-click and
>> select 'Properties'. Then, hardware, FlashCard reader device and once
>> again 'Properties'. Finally, select tab 'Strategies' and click in the
>> radio button 'Optimized for best performances'.
>>
>> Does anybody know how to do that in RB ? RB Command, Line Command,
>> plug-in or dll call ?
>>
>> TIA for your help
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