hi Alicia, if you didn't stop the device before removing it, you will definitely shorten the life for that device. Regards, Allan Wong ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alicia" <astarner@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 11:49 Subject: Re: flash drives and JAWS Thank you very much for telling me how to do that. What would happen if you did not remove the flash drive correctly? I have been only using this flash drive for 1 week because it is brand new; however, I have not been safely removing the flash drive from my computer because of course I did not know you were supposed to remove it safely. \ Alicia "The chief handicap of the blind is not blindness, but the attitude of >seeing people towards them." >- Helen Keller, 1925 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Wong" <allanwkf@xxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 10:22 PM Subject: flash drives and JAWS > hi Alicia, > > you have 2 way to do this, > > 1. press "JawsKey+f11" for system tray. look for the icon call "Savely > Remove hardware", then press "alt+d" for left double mouse > click, then will pop-up a list of your removeable device then select and > press enter. > > 2. go to "my computer", look for the drive letter for your removeable > device and press "applicationKey" then press letter "j" for > eject. then after that you can savely remove your device. > > HTH, > Allan Wong > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alicia" <astarner@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "jfw" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 11:04 > Subject: flash drives and JAWS > > > Hello, Everyone: > > I was told today at school that you have to click on this green arrow in > order to properly remove a flash drive from the USB port > safely. Does anyone know if that is true and if so how do you click this > graphic with JAWS? > > Thanks, > > Alicia > "The chief handicap of the blind is not blindness, but the attitude of >>seeing people towards them." >>- Helen Keller, 1925 -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx