-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Formatting External HDD

When the safe remove says it cannot stop a drive it means there is 
software or a service running that is using or accessing the drive or 
has data on the drive that it might need at some point.

Windows Explorer is the usual culprit on my machine since I always 
have it open.  My mailstore is on an external so sometimes Outlook 
Express is the culprit.

When you close everything and you still cannot stop it, reboot. 
Making it safe to remove is a part of the shutdown/restart/hibernate 
process.

Don



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sandy" <sandy.rick@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 6:39 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Formatting External HDD


> OK I tried to use the "safe to remove" but it always told me it 
> could not be
> removed.........so since I didn't know what else to do I just turned 
> off the
> external's power button and then the phace 2 progress bar filled all 
> the way
> across and I got an error box:
>
> Checking Disk WD External (G:)
> Windows was unable to complete the disk check
>
> Hopefully I didn't mess anything up, but it was obviously hung up on 
> ???
>
> Sandy in Fla


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