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From: Lem on 10 Apr 2010 19:10 Robert Lee wrote: > Thanks to everyone who responded. Do you know what processes are preventing > me from getting the "Safe to Remove" message? > > On some occasions, I have gotten the message after stopping: 1) > searchindexer, and 2) Norton Antivirus. But stopping those doesn't > consistently result in getting the "Safe to Remove" message. What other > software may be preventing me from getting the message? > > "Robert Lee" wrote: > >> I have an external hard drive plugged into a USB port. I want to unplug it >> without shutting off the computer. Sometimes, if I turn off my Norton >> Anti-Virus program, I can get the "Safe to Remove" message. But often time, >> that doesn't work. >> >> What's the worst that could happen if I unplug the drive without getting the >> "Safe to Remove" message? Don't know what's causing your problem (although NAV is always suspect), but you can create a desktop shortcut to "Safely Remove Hardware" -- http://www.neilturner.me.uk/2007/04/05/create_a_safely_remove_ha.html -- Lem Apollo 11 - 40 years ago: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html
From: Rod Allan on 10 Apr 2010 19:34 I do not know if this could practicably be correct, but when I had a similar problem I found when I moved a file link by a subsidiary program away from the external drive, it exited OK. For example, if I had ACDSee open and a ext drive file highlighted (but not opened) by ACDSee's selector, I could not exit properly. I always now direct win explorer or any other file organiser away from the ext drive. "Robert Lee" <RobertLee(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3F9484A4-95F4-47E4-8278-94CCAC189B02(a)microsoft.com... >I have an external hard drive plugged into a USB port. I want to unplug it > without shutting off the computer. Sometimes, if I turn off my Norton > Anti-Virus program, I can get the "Safe to Remove" message. But often > time, > that doesn't work. > > What's the worst that could happen if I unplug the drive without getting > the > "Safe to Remove" message?
From: spamlet on 14 Apr 2010 19:36 "Robert Lee" <RobertLee(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3F9484A4-95F4-47E4-8278-94CCAC189B02(a)microsoft.com... >I have an external hard drive plugged into a USB port. I want to unplug it > without shutting off the computer. Sometimes, if I turn off my Norton > Anti-Virus program, I can get the "Safe to Remove" message. But often > time, > that doesn't work. > > What's the worst that could happen if I unplug the drive without getting > the > "Safe to Remove" message? Apart from what the others are saying I found I was sometimes getting a 'drive still in use' message when I went to safely remove. This usually simply meant I still had the drive letter highlighted in My Computer or Windows Explorer. Open a file on another drive and you may find you can then stop yours in the normal way. There is also a handy little gadget called usbdeview which shows you what usb devices are and have been connected, and whether they are safe to remove. Can be quite an eye opener... S
From: Terry R. on 15 Apr 2010 12:00
On 4/9/2010 11:21 AM On a whim, Robert Lee pounded out on the keyboard > I have an external hard drive plugged into a USB port. I want to unplug it > without shutting off the computer. Sometimes, if I turn off my Norton > Anti-Virus program, I can get the "Safe to Remove" message. But often time, > that doesn't work. > > What's the worst that could happen if I unplug the drive without getting the > "Safe to Remove" message? Hi Robert, Don't know where you are at with this, but did you try right clicking on the device in Explorer and selecting "Eject"? This happens on my Palm Pre and Eject is the only way it will release. Terry R. -- Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply. |