VISTA -- USB STILL RUNS AFTER "SAFE TO DISCONNECT"

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I'm having a problem (or at least I fear it could be a problem)

When using a flash drive that indicates that it is running by a LED on
the top or using my WD External Drive (you can feel the disks inside
spinning when in use), I "stop the device" so that I can disconnect
it properly from my system without damaging information.

Although I have not lost information YET, I fear that Vista is not
stopping the devices correctly, as when I disconnect these devices
"properly" they do NOT stop running as they are supposed to when I
eject them from the system.

(I know how their state looks like because I've ejected them properly
on my XP system)

Is there anyone else experiencing this or does anyone know of a fix
for this?

Thanks

-Kevin
 
Also, For anyone with experience with Western Digital External
Drives...I was wodnerign if it was OKAY to keep them plugged in and
running since they don't appear to have a suspend mode (which IMO is a
VERY stupid design).

It is my current belief that using anything with moving parts can wear
out... gotta love hard drive spindles. FLASH drives are the way of the
future for sure...to bad Moore's law doesn't apply to them.
 
Actually, solid-state harddrives do exists, but they're notoriously
expensive. Last time I checked, a 120GB solid state drive cost R 20,000
(about $ 3000)!

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Wow thats ridiculous!!! $3000?!? why so much? Is it the components
that are used? I'm not much of a hardware guy...but is the typical
Hard drive inside a standard Desktop computer solid state?
 
So about my USB Problem....anyone have an explanation? Could really
use some insight on this.

Thanks
 
so nobody else is experiencing this or something similar? ... I still
haven't found a solution. Google has failed me :(
 
That is normal with Vista. It shuts down logical access to the drive but
does not power it down as Windows XP/2000/98/etc. did. It is not a problem.
When the drive says it's safe to remove, remove it.

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