RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

2008-06-26 Thread Mike Gill 
Well, it's a Kingston 4GB Data Traveler. Real world performance of it has no
complaints from me.

 

-- 
Mike Gill

 

From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 10:40 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

 

Defective USB Drive?

 

Christopher J. Bosak

Vector Company

c. 847.603.4673

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

 

"You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue."

- B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me

 

From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 12:39 hrs
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

 

For my particular drive, the ReadyBoost tab says it is incapable due to
performance reasons.

 

-- 
Mike Gill

 

From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 8:01 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

 

Did set up the "ReadyBoost" by any chance, if so you can't remove the USB
key until you disable it.

 

__
Stefan Jafs 

 

From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: June-25-08 20:47
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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

2008-06-26 Thread Andy Shook 
Sounds like Larry...

 

Shook



From: Ben Schorr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 2:04 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

 

Not necessarily - could just be an older drive that isn't large
enough/fast enough.

 

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com <http://www.rolandschorr.com/> 
http://www.officeforlawyers.com
<http://www.officeforlawyers.com/onenote.htm>  

Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q  

 

From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 7:40 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

 

Defective USB Drive?

 

Christopher J. Bosak

Vector Company

c. 847.603.4673

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

 

"You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue."

- B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me

 

From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 12:39 hrs
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

 

For my particular drive, the ReadyBoost tab says it is incapable due to
performance reasons.

 

-- 
Mike Gill

 

From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 8:01 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

 

Did set up the "ReadyBoost" by any chance, if so you can't remove the
USB key until you disable it.

 

__
Stefan Jafs 

 

From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: June-25-08 20:47
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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

2008-06-26 Thread Ben Schorr 
Not necessarily - could just be an older drive that isn't large
enough/fast enough.

 

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com <http://www.rolandschorr.com/> 
http://www.officeforlawyers.com
<http://www.officeforlawyers.com/onenote.htm>  

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http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q  

 

From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 7:40 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

 

Defective USB Drive?

 

Christopher J. Bosak

Vector Company

c. 847.603.4673

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

 

"You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue."

- B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me

 

From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 12:39 hrs
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

 

For my particular drive, the ReadyBoost tab says it is incapable due to
performance reasons.

 

-- 
Mike Gill

 

From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 8:01 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

 

Did set up the "ReadyBoost" by any chance, if so you can't remove the
USB key until you disable it.

 

__
Stefan Jafs 

 

From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: June-25-08 20:47
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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

2008-06-26 Thread Mike Gill 
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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

2008-06-26 Thread Mike Gill 
I don't remember ever losing data either when I have done that, however I
see Windows wanting to repair the volume when I reinsert the drive from time
to time when I don't use the 'safely remove' feature. I back the drive up,
but I use this thing every day and frequently. So I'm just a little spooked
with the volume repair thing popping up.

 

-- 
Mike Gill

 

From: Steve Moffat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of NTSysAdmin
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 3:53 AM
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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

2008-06-26 Thread Kent, Larry CTR USA IMCOM 
sounds like Shook...



From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 1:39 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive



For my particular drive, the ReadyBoost tab says it is incapable due to
performance reasons.

 

-- 
Mike Gill

 

From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 8:01 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

 

Did set up the "ReadyBoost" by any chance, if so you can't remove the
USB key until you disable it.

 

__
Stefan Jafs 

 

From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: June-25-08 20:47
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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

2008-06-26 Thread Christopher J. Bosak 
Defective USB Drive?

 

Christopher J. Bosak

Vector Company

c. 847.603.4673

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

 

"You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue."

- B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me

 

From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 12:39 hrs
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

 

For my particular drive, the ReadyBoost tab says it is incapable due to
performance reasons.

 

-- 
Mike Gill

 

From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 8:01 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

 

Did set up the "ReadyBoost" by any chance, if so you can't remove the USB
key until you disable it.

 

__
Stefan Jafs 

 

From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: June-25-08 20:47
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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

2008-06-26 Thread Mike Gill 
For my particular drive, the ReadyBoost tab says it is incapable due to
performance reasons.

 

-- 
Mike Gill

 

From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 8:01 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

 

Did set up the "ReadyBoost" by any chance, if so you can't remove the USB
key until you disable it.

 

__
Stefan Jafs 

 

From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: June-25-08 20:47
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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not
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Re: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

2008-06-26 Thread Thomas Day 
Sorry, but I am off campus today and I can not respond to your email right now. 
Please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] for further assistance, and I will respond when 
I am back on campus.

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RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

2008-06-26 Thread EricB 
I've always just pulled them out as well, but a co-worker of mine insists if 
you do this on an XP machine, every now and then something will happen so you 
can no longer access that drive on that particular PC.  I've never seen it 
happen though.

 

  _  

From: Steve Moffat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of NTSysAdmin
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 6:53 AM
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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

2008-06-26 Thread Ken Schaefer 
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














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RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

2008-06-26 Thread NTSysAdmin 
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











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RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

2008-06-25 Thread Stefan Jafs 
Did set up the "ReadyBoost" by any chance, if so you can't remove the
USB key until you disable it.

 

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Stefan Jafs 

 

From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: June-25-08 20:47
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.

 

-- 
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RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

2008-06-25 Thread Mike Gill 
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

 

 

 

 

 

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RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

2008-06-25 Thread Mike Gill 
Er, late reply. Yeah I tried this. The drive letter my thumb drive is on
doesn't show up in the list.

 

-- 
Mike Gill

 

From: Kirk Woloshyn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 7:33 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

 

process explorer

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx





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Mike Gill wrote: 

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

 

 

 

 

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Re: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

2008-06-12 Thread Kirk Woloshyn 




process explorer

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx



Kirk Woloshyn
2825 Temple Avenue
Signal Hill, CA 90755

v 562.304.1939
c 562.682.0261


Mike Gill wrote:

  
  
  

  
  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
   

RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive

2008-06-12 Thread Ken Schaefer 
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





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