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Safely Remove Hardware Error
When I try to disconnect a USB device, I get this error: "The device
'generic volume' cannot be stopped right now. Try stopping the device again later". No matter how long I wait, I still get this error message when I try to disconnect a device. There are no processes accessing the usb device as it's a 'remote storage' device and is used only when I send data to it. When the device is being accessed there is a red flashing light but this doesn't exist. Is there anything in WinXP Pro that needs to be reinstalled to allow me to use the Safe Removal function? John |
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Safely Remove Hardware Error
Sparky wrote: When I try to disconnect a USB device, I get this error: "The device 'generic volume' cannot be stopped right now. Try stopping the device again later". No matter how long I wait, I still get this error message when I try to disconnect a device. There are no processes accessing the usb device as it's a 'remote storage' device and is used only when I send data to it. When the device is being accessed there is a red flashing light but this doesn't exist. Is there anything in WinXP Pro that needs to be reinstalled to allow me to use the Safe Removal function? John Although nothing may still be written to the device, is it running off Windows Explorer? If so, then close Windows Explorer. And as for a remote or removable storage device, it might be worthwhile to turn off the cache, or delay-write, thereby forcing the computer to write the entire file at once instead of holding parts of it in cache to be flushed later. |
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Safely Remove Hardware Error
Remove the "generic volume" and the USB device listed in Device Management.
Then, re-connect the USB device, to the same USB port. This should "fix" the drivers. On 15/09/2006 "Sparky" wrote: When I try to disconnect a USB device, I get this error: "The device 'generic volume' cannot be stopped right now. Try stopping the device again later". No matter how long I wait, I still get this error message when I try to disconnect a device. There are no processes accessing the usb device as it's a 'remote storage' device and is used only when I send data to it. When the device is being accessed there is a red flashing light but this doesn't exist. Is there anything in WinXP Pro that needs to be reinstalled to allow me to use the Safe Removal function? John -- --- Y. |
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Your suggestion 'almost' fixed the issue. I am able to disconnect the
device, and get a 'bell indicator' and it no longer appears if I click on the 'safe remove' icon. Previously I got a 'flash screen' that told me "it is now safe to remove the device", or something similar, but this doesn't appear anymore.. I watched the USB 'ports' in the Device Manager the USB driver listing went from 'normal' to one with an exclamation mark when I used the 'safely remove hardware' icon. I understand the icon change and when I disconnected the device, the driver disappeared. John "Yves Leclerc" wrote in message ... Remove the "generic volume" and the USB device listed in Device Management. Then, re-connect the USB device, to the same USB port. This should "fix" the drivers. On 15/09/2006 "Sparky" wrote: When I try to disconnect a USB device, I get this error: "The device 'generic volume' cannot be stopped right now. Try stopping the device again later". No matter how long I wait, I still get this error message when I try to disconnect a device. There are no processes accessing the usb device as it's a 'remote storage' device and is used only when I send data to it. When the device is being accessed there is a red flashing light but this doesn't exist. Is there anything in WinXP Pro that needs to be reinstalled to allow me to use the Safe Removal function? John -- --- Y. |
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