HiJason,
Allowing the computer to show inactive icons will not cause problems.
If the safely remove hardware icon is showing in the system tray,
then there must be a USB device plugged in, or
if you have a card-reader built into the machine, and the proper drivers are
not installed it willcause
The manner in which I use the Safely remove operation is through the context
menu of the device rather than use the item in the System Tray. Primarily,
I do this because I find it faster since I do not need to go through
multiple dialogs selecting and confirming the operation. When I am done
The Safely remove option ensures that all data that is buffered during a
copy operation is complete and the files have been closed properly. In most
cases, waiting a few seconds before ripping the USB device out should be
adequate. However, some devices like the Victor Reader Stream seem very
I never use the safely remove hardware option. I just make sure that
no data is being transferred and then I just pullout the flash drive or
device. I have done this hundreds of times over many years and never
had a problem. The one thing I notice is that when doing this while
using MS
: [Blind-Computing] question about the safely remove hardware
option
I never use the safely remove hardware option. I just make sure that
no data is being transferred and then I just pullout the flash drive or
device. I have done this hundreds of times over many years and never
had a problem
files?
Russ
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