Hi
Can you go further with this.
I have a number of USB2 devices which I would be more than happy to 'safely
remove' if I could. Unfortunately pressing Insert and F11 seldom bring up
the Safely remove text and even if it does when it is selected in the list
it seldom brings up a window to allow disconnection. Usually it brings up a
standard windows context menu which has no relevance.
Is there another way of separating the device from the computer, eg. like a
menu which allows 'safely remove' or 'eject' or something like that.
I usually try the 'safely remove' option first, then when it doesn't work I
wait a while and disconnect at my own risk. I don't like doing ths but in my
experience of about 5 machines at present only one operates as it is
supposed to - the rest are haphazard.
Thanks for any useful info.
I'd like to try and hit this, "Safely Remove Hardware" nail on the head once and for all.
First knock on the head one the myth. It is indeed a Microsoft utility. It is part of your Operating System, and is not a program supplied with any hardware you purchase.
So let me give you an example of where and why it should be used.
Let us say that you have purchased some kind of USB storage device, be it a memory stick, or a 300 Gigabyte disk drive.
So you decide that you are going to copy all your 200 Gigabytes of MP3 music files to this massive area of storage you have just purchased.
Well - surprise, surprise, guys. This copying doesn't just happen in the time it takes you to draw your next breath. It can take seconds, or it can take many minutes, depending on how much you are copying.
So to be sure to be sure (as the Irish might say), you have the option to "Safely Remove Hardware", which essentially says, "Is all this copying finished?".
Now the decision to activate this option is very much up to you. If in any doubt, use it and be sure.
But please don't ask why your 200 megs of music has disappeared on your USB 2 hard drive if you pull the plug our after 10 seconds of silence - it is probably still mid-copy.
Ask your PC if it is safe to remove the drive, and it will tell you if it is still copying or not.
George Bell.
-----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barry G Sent: 20 February 2006 18:29 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Safely remove Hardware was Re: Re: System tray
As far as I know, all it does is make sure that any activity has finished, for example, transferring or overwriting files - I don't think it will kill anything but you could fail to copy data that you think you have done!
I have to admit, I never bother doing this as I was told by a computer chappie that it was OK - I've never had any problems! Famous last words?
Hi Alexander,
Yes I was referring to USB devices. I must say though, until I obtained the safely remove feature with my iRIVER, I'd been happily unplugging USB devices without, as far as I know, creating any problems but maybe I was just lucky. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable than I can explain the need for the safely remove option.
Best.
I am looking atHi Robert,
As a result of discussions on another thread on this list,
purchasing a USB device. I read the last paragraph ofyour reply to
Barry's message under the thread "system tray", withinterest as it seemed
link:-to refer to USB related external hardware. Am I correct?
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