April 14th 11, 04:51 AM
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removing external hard drive
"BillW50" wrote in message
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On 4/11/2011 8:15 PM, Jo-Anne wrote:
"Yousuf wrote in message
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On 10/04/2011 8:15 PM, Jo-Anne wrote:
Using WinXP. If I have my external hard drive set to "optimize for
quick
removal," do I still have to use "Safely Remove Hardware"? I have been
doing
so, and often it will say for several minutes that the drive can't be
removed.
Thank you!
Jo-Anne
There is a 3rd party utility that claims to do the job a bit more
thoroughly than the default Windows application by letting you know
what's
got the device locked, and killing its lock. I haven't tried it myself,
but it seems alright at first glance.
Safely Remove Hardware in one click! USB, SATA, Firewire. Keyboard
shortcuts for stopping, clear device names, remove a device from the
icon
http://safelyremove.com/
Yousuf Khan
Thank you, Yousuf Khan! If anyone has used this program, does it work
well?
Jo-Anne
I am running it now and it is very nice (on both XP and Windows 7). The
trial version doesn't nag until after 30 days. To register they want 20
bucks. Which is probably well worth it.
Other features I like about it is that you don't have to disconnect the
device to re-enabled it again. And I purposely left Explorer open on an
USB drive as a test. Which won't allow the Windows to safely remove
because Explorer is using it. And Safely Remove closed the offending
Explorer and released the USB drive.
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Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v3.0
Centrino Core2 Duo 2GHz - 1.5GB - Windows 7
Sounds good, Bill! I'll bookmark it for now.
Jo-Anne
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