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Figure 5-7 Options of Drive Redirection
Please note that Drive Redirection works on a level which is far below the operating system. That
means that neither the local nor the remote operating system is aware that the drive is currently
redirected, actually. This may lead to inconsistent data as soon as one of the operating systems
(either from the local machine, or from the remote host) is writing data on the device. If write
support is enabled the remote computer might damage the data and the file system on the redirected
device. On the other hand, if the local operating system writes data to the redirected device the drive
cache of the operating system of the remote host might contain older data. This may confuse the
remote host’s operating system. We recommend to use the Drive Redirection with care, especially
the write support.
Disable Drive Redirection
If enabled the Drive Redirection is switched off.
Force read-only connections
If enabled the Write Support for the Drive Redirection is switched off. It is not possible to
write on a redirected device.
Click Apply to submit your changes.
There are two methods of Drive Redirections:
1. External Drive Redirection Utility
2. Built-in Java Drive Redirection function in Remote Console