This problem is in Vista. I don't have the same problem in XP. And honestly I don't remember the problem always being there in Vista, which is why I'm trying to identify it now. The drives are configured with quick removal btw.
-- Mike Gill From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 4:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive The default policy on XP (can't remember about Win98 and Win2k) was "optimise for fast removal" (i.e. no write caching enabled). So unless you were in the process of copying a file to the disk, you can usually just pull the thing out. If the device is set to "optimise for performance" you should use the "safely remove hardware" option. Cheers Ken From: Steve Moffat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of NTSysAdmin Sent: Thursday, 26 June 2008 8:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive You can't just pull it out? It's stuck?..:) I don't think I have ever used the eject usb thing ever.......nor have I lost any data. S From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 9:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive Yeah I tried this too. The drive letter my thumb drive is on doesn't show up in the list here either. -- Mike Gill From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 7:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive Try handle.exe Cheers Ken From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 13 June 2008 12:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive Is there an app that will show me programs or processes that are accessing a drive letter? This is one of my biggest frustrations with Vista. Before it was almost impossible for me to be able to eject a USB hard drive, now it is impossible any time. But now, I can't even "safely remove" my thumb drive. I've exited out of all programs, down to the AV and sidebar and even stopped the index service. Nothing suspicious is seen in the task manager. I'm just at a loss. I've tried process monitor and can't get it to show me anything. -- Mike Gill ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
