@ Rick The external drive that I'm using is also a 2.5'' Transcend StoreJet 25C(500G) formatted in NTFS, so I think it might not be a coincidence that safely remove won't work on both 2.5'' NTFS drives. Does anyone else experience the freeze using 2.5'' external hd formatted in NTFS?
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