Safely remove hardware

[jadinolf]

This is something new on a NEW build.

When using Safely remove hardware on my pen drive, I get the message "The device 'Corsair Flash Voyager USB Device' cannot be stopped because a program is still accessing it.

No matter how long I wait, I still get this message.

Of course, I can just pull the pen drive out of the USB slot, but I'd like to do it right.

Any ideas?

 

[Bob Anderson]

To eject my external hard drive, windows explorer must be closed, and 90% of the time I have to go through the process of ejecting it in SRH twice in a row,

-Bob

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: Bob Anderson
To eject my external hard drive, windows explorer must be closed, and 90% of the time I have to go through the process of ejecting it in SRH twice in a row,

-Bob

Yep, I'm aware of the Explorer thing. That's not it in this case but thanks for the reply.

 

[Captante]

You can also restart the PC & remove the drive safely while its posting, or shut down & do so while its off.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: Captante
You can also restart the PC & remove the drive safely while its posting, or shut down & do so while its off.

Well, I can pull it out with no problem. I was just curious as to what might be causing the message.

Thanks.

 

[btcomm1]

It's possible if your pen drive has software that runs on it like U3 then you may have to use the u3 software to eject it properly, otherwise it's still going to be running the exe off of the drive when you try to eject it. Just a thought.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: btcomm1
It's possible if your pen drive has software that runs on it like U3 then you may have to use the u3 software to eject it properly, otherwise it's still going to be running the exe off of the drive when you try to eject it. Just a thought.

Well, thanks for the thought, btcomm. We'll look into that theory.

 

[Captante]

Originally posted by: jadinolf

Originally posted by: Captante
You can also restart the PC & remove the drive safely while its posting, or shut down & do so while its off.

Well, I can pull it out with no problem. I was just curious as to what might be causing the message.

Thanks.

Be careful just pulling it out if it has any data on it you care about... although rare, its possible to corrupt a flash-drive by removing it without stopping it first.

Obviously if its blank you don't need to be concerned.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: Captante

Originally posted by: jadinolf

Originally posted by: Captante
You can also restart the PC & remove the drive safely while its posting, or shut down & do so while its off.

Well, I can pull it out with no problem. I was just curious as to what might be causing the message.

Thanks.

Be careful just pulling it out if it has any data on it you care about... although rare, its possible to corrupt a flash-drive by removing it without stopping it first.

Obviously if its blank you don't need to be concerned.

I know that just pulling it out is not a good idea but right now I have no choice.

I was just transferring files from one computer to the new build's hard drive.

I'll keep looking into the problem.

Thanks for the advice.