Letting go

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inkleput

What kind of reason is there when an external USB data drive cannot be
disconnected? And I don't mean just one click and give up. I mean
repeatedly and repeatedly and repeatedly.


JimL
 
What kind of reason is there when an external USB data drive cannot be
disconnected? And I don't mean just one click and give up. I mean
repeatedly and repeatedly and repeatedly.
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Unsuitable USB drivers? The OP did not say when his
were last updated (or by MS or MB maker or USB vendor.)
 
What kind of reason is there when an external USB data drive cannot be
disconnected? And I don't mean just one click and give up. I mean
repeatedly and repeatedly and repeatedly.


JimL
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Disk Cache may be turned on for the drive. Right click My computer, left
click Manage and then Device Manager. Click the + beside Disk Drives and
then right click your USB drive and left click Properties, click the
Policies Tab. If Optimize for quick removal is not checked this could be
your issue.

Some times it just doesn't want to release the drive. Make sure no
program is accessing the drive, including indexing services, the antivirus
program or the like and then try again.

If there has been no activity for an extended period of idle computer time
it is probably safe to just unplug it.

Personally when I have one hang like this I just restart the system and
unplug when the system bios is displayed if I have any doubt.
 
Disk Cache may be turned on for the drive. Right click My computer, left
click Manage and then Device Manager. Click the + beside Disk Drives and
then right click your USB drive and left click Properties, click the
Policies Tab. If Optimize for quick removal is not checked this could be
your issue.
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Nail on the head - pretty much.

There is a partition on that drive that holds the files from a drive clone. The setting for it is greyed out and NOT set to Quick Removal. I turned off the cache. I don't know if that will help.

The odd thing is that sometimes it disconnects just fine.
Some times it just doesn't want to release the drive. Make sure no
program is accessing the drive, including indexing services, the antivirus
program or the like and then try again.
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If there has been no activity for an extended period of idle computer time
it is probably safe to just unplug it.
Click to expand...

I've found that to be the case sometimes and sometimes not.
Personally when I have one hang like this I just restart the system and
unplug when the system bios is displayed if I have any doubt.
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That's what I've been doing, but I wondered if there was trouble brewing under the surface some how.

Thanks


JimL
 
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