Windows 11 22H2 has an annoying new bug which is preventing some users from being able to safely eject their USB devices if Task Manager is open.
Whenever you plug in a USB device, especially a storage device such as a USB flash drive, you should always make sure you safely eject it before...
I am expereincing a problem I am not sure it's a Windows issue or I Tunes. I store my Tunes Library on a seperate External Hard Drive as the file size is quite big 1786 Song Tracks. When I have finished using I Tunes to play any music and shut I Tunes down my Exteranl hard Drive will not close...
Is it safe to keep hard drives and flash drives connected all the time (Windows 10), even when shutting down everyday ... ? Or should I use the Eject feature to be safe ... ?
I keep getting this warning. I use a 1TB Seagate external hard drive.
It occasionally ejects just fine, but mostly it keeps giving me this warning, even after I've long closed out all other programs.
I use a custom built computer with an EVGA GTX 960 graphics card, an Intel Quad-Core i7 CPU...
All of a sudden I have 4 Removable Drives on my windows 8 machine. I've tried removing these, but they return as soon as I restart.
I went into computer/disk management, right clicked each and uninstalled the driver, but no way. So I went to Device Manager and first disabled and then...
With all other devices I am given the option to safely eject before removal. However with my 1G USB hard drive I am not given this option. I'd be grateful if anyone knows a way around this. Thanks.
I keep receiving error message:
"An error occurred while ejecting 'CD Drive (J:) Sims3SP06'."
I can't attempt to eject unless I expand the drive in File Explorer, otherwise it shows as faded grey and unavailable as an option.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have a Liteon iHaS124 (B version?) and I have kind of a bizarre problem with it. It worked well for over a year, now suddenly I have no detected drive at all.
I tried flashing the FW back to stock, but it says no drive detected. It's definitely connected and powered, I can eject just fine but...
I have been researching online the last couple days with no luck. My DVD/CD RW driver will only work after cpu is rebooted. It will play the dvd/cd, but when you eject and then reload it will not play. Reboot and it will work once. I have tried the following from my search online.
1. Press...
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Today I was running a fresh OSX86 installation inside of VMWare Player, and using an actual installation disk in my CD drive, which was then tunneled to the VM. Since the installation froze up halfway through, I shut off the VM, and attempted to eject the installation disk, but the drive...
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I have Windows 7 Ultimate edition 64Bit running on an ASUS Laptop. Recently, whenever I click on the Eject USB button in the system tray, it just flashes. No menu item appears. If I open My Computer, right click on a flash drive, and choose eject, then it ejects file. However, context menu for...
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Okay so whenever I need to remove my USB flash drive after updating some excel files, it won't allow me to remove it safely. It tells me that the device is currently in use and that I should close all programs but there aren't any programs opened. I can only remove it by going into the library...
I am running Windows 7, and I connect several external HDDs via a USB hub, leading to the PC on a single USB cable. I have recently installed Windows, and from the start, I have had problems ejecting the media. Here is how it goes:
I plug in the disks, they are all functioning, they show up and...
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I am in desperate need of help! I have a month old Toshiba Portege that worked fine for only a couple of days. It is running on Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.
I can trigger a BSOD by clicking the Eject button in dbpoweramp, or by setting it to automatically eject after completion. This...
An F-15 Strike Eagle military jet has crashed in Libya, although US officials have claimed it was most likely a result of a mechanical failure rather than enemy fire.
Both crew members, who suffered minor injuries, have since been rescued after ejecting from the stricken plane, which went...
Whenever I try to eject a certain external hard drive using the little icon in the
task window, I get a message that it is in use. I am very careful to be sure it is not in use
but still get the message. This is a data storage disc. I am not aware of any programs on it that may be running in...
Step 1: I insert a USB stick
Step 2: copy something FROM it to my hdd
Step 3: I right-click the safely remove icon from the system tray
Step 4: no USB devices are listed..... only the "open devices and printers" button is listed
frustrating....
Why?
Notes:
- I searched the forums for a...
My apologies if I’m in the wrong forum
In the Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media there is (Eject 802.11 bg WLAN) can anyone tell me what this drive is and should I remove it or ignore it?
I have an HP Pavilion Elite m9040n running Win 7 64 bit.
Thanks
Jessie
This is a strange problem I have on one of the XP systems at work. I'm sure changing the whole drive would solve it but I'm curious if someone knows why this is:
When a CD is inserted in the tray, going to My Computer and RIGHT clicking in the DVD\CD drive and clicking Eject, doesn't eject the...