Re: USB Duplicator Solutions
What I need help understanding because I wasn't clear on what was happening, which Nexcopy helped with, is after the device is created, how do we edit or format or set the volume name to the second partition? They helped me understand what the problem was and how to rectify it. Basically Windows will determine the number of partitions upon power up, when the device is connected to the computer. However, if the number of partitions changes after the device is connected, Windows isn't aware of the change. The only way Windows knows about the single partition turning into multiple partitions is from a power cycle. So, once we disconnected the USB and reconnected the USB, we could see the second partition and rename the volume. Remember, the LUN (Logical Unit Number) created at the controller level is different than the partitions created through Windows Disk Management. An easy way to think of this is the LUN is two physically different devices (in the terms of how Windows sees the device) and the partitions made through Windows are actually Volumes, so more like a software version of two partitions of physical devices. This is why a two volume partitioned device in Windows can always be removed through Disk Management. However; when this is done at the controller level, it's impossible to change.