diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c54de218..ed90f536 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-12-17 Bart Hakvoort  <gparted@users.sf.net>
+
+	* src/GParted_Core.cc: Only peform partable re-read check if at least one partition on a device is mounted.
+
 2004-12-15 Bart Hakvoort  <gparted@users.sf.net>
 
 	* some minor internal codechanges, which should save a few bytes of mem here and there.
diff --git a/src/GParted_Core.cc b/src/GParted_Core.cc
index 284bae0d..f74111dc 100644
--- a/src/GParted_Core.cc
+++ b/src/GParted_Core.cc
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ void GParted_Core::get_devices( std::vector<Device> & devices, bool deep_scan )
 				break ;
 		}
 			
-				
 		device = ped_device_get_next( device ) ;
 	}
 	close_device_and_disk( device, disk ) ;
@@ -88,7 +87,6 @@ void GParted_Core::get_devices( std::vector<Device> & devices, bool deep_scan )
 	//and sort the devices by name.. (this prevents some very weird errors ;) )
 	sort( device_paths .begin( ), device_paths .end( ) ) ;
 	
-	
 	for ( unsigned int t = 0 ; t < device_paths .size( ) ; t++ ) 
 	{ 
 		if ( open_device_and_disk( device_paths[ t ], device, disk, false ) )
@@ -110,13 +108,13 @@ void GParted_Core::get_devices( std::vector<Device> & devices, bool deep_scan )
 				temp_device .disktype =	disk ->type ->name ;
 				temp_device .max_prims = ped_disk_get_max_primary_partition_count( disk ) ;
 				
-				if ( deep_scan )
+				set_device_partitions( temp_device, deep_scan ) ;
+				
+				if ( deep_scan && temp_device .busy )
 				{
 					temp_device .readonly = ! ped_disk_commit_to_os( disk ) ;
 					sleep( 1 ) ;//this sucks, but it seems that after the commit test, the paths are removed and added again (which takes time..)
 				}
-				
-				set_device_partitions( temp_device, deep_scan ) ;
 			}
 			//harddisk without disklabel
 			else