Hi Tom, I'm only speaking about my computer, so if others have different results I don't know how their computers react. Using Feliciano's tip, his way of ejecting / disconnecting an external harddrive will not work, his way only works, for me , when ejecting / disconnecting a Flashdrive. When I need to eject / disconnect an external harddrive I open the System Tray with, Insert / Jaws key + F11, press enter on Safely Remove Hardware & Eject Media, arrow down to, Eject External HDD, & press enter. You will then get an audio Jaws message saying whether or not it's safe to remove the chosen device. External harddrives can be labeled differently , so it takes a little practice to get used to what you are ejecting / disconnecting using the Safely Remove Hardware & Eject Media, option. For the record so there is no confusion, I'm running Windows7 64 bit Pro & Jaws 15 / 16 latest.
Take care. Mike This email was sent from my, iBarstool. Go Dodgers! ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Behler via Jfw To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' Cc: Tom Behler Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 8:00 PM Subject: RE: Safely Remove Hardware question Thanks, Feliciano. Can someone tell me how to access the "safely remove hardware" option via the system tray? This way, I can determine which might be easier. Thank you. Dr. Tom Behler from Michigan -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Feliciano Godoy via Jfw Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 10:53 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Cc: Feliciano Godoy Subject: Re: Safely Remove Hardware question Yes it is important to safely remove devices when you are given the option to do so. You can safely remove a device by accessing the computer window or your system tray. I personally like to access this by going to the computer window by pressing windows key plus the E key. You can then press the applications key or shift plus at 10 and hit J for eject or simply arrow down. Regards,Feliciano For tech tips and updates, LIKE www.facebook.com/theblindman12v Follow www.twitter.com/theblindman12v > On Aug 19, 2015, at 7:35 PM, Tom Behler via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, everyone. > > > > I am sure this may seem pretty elementary to some, but I actually have > gotten varying opinions on the need to use the "safely remove hardware" > option for USB devices such as USB thumb drives, and USB external hard > drives. > > > > So, I have two questions: > > > > 1. Is it still necessary to invoke the "safely remove hardware" option > when using any of these USB devices? I have heard that in later > operating systems like Windows 7, this is not as necessary as it used to be. > > And > > > > 2. How does one easily get to the "safely remove hardware" option, if > it would be a good idea for me to use it? > > I am using Windows 7 and Jaws 16 here. > > > > Thank you! > > > > Dr. Tom Behler from Michigan > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/ > 20150819/e54f0f8f/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20150819/7ca53334/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
