Windows 7: "Safely Remove HDW" disappeared in Windows 7!?!?!

OceanicAirlines · 16 Dec 2009

FYI to all, here's a site to re-enable this on Windows 7 (32 & 64 alike

I was a little miffed when they got rid of that nice precaution.

I've been testing this and trying out different ways to attempt to (for lack of a better word) corrupt the software as to gauge it's prowess.

In the end, I discovered that, although it's 3rd-party, it's very reliable.

Here's the site: (the product is called "USB Safely Remove.)

Safely Remove Hardware in one click! USB, SATA, Firewire. Keyboard shortcuts for stopping, clear device names, remove a device from the icon

Enjoy,

Erik
OceanicAirlines

fireberd · 16 Dec 2009

I noticed it was gone, but I haven't had any problems with any of my USB attached devices, including "memory keys". I have 5 USB attached optical drives (for audio CD production and I can burn 5 discs at a time) and the safely remove hardware does not seem to be needed in Win 7 with these drives. In Vista, if I didn't use the Safely Remove Hardware I would run into problems the next time I powered on the drives.

sunnybyfleet · 17 Dec 2009

I've got Windows 7 x64, and if I click the "show hidden icons" button in the bottom right of the screen, I have a "Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media" option. I haven't installed any 3rd party tools either.

stormy13 · 17 Dec 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by sunnybyfleet

I've got Windows 7 x64, and if I click the "show hidden icons" button in the bottom right of the screen, I have a "Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media" option. I haven't installed any 3rd party tools either.

Same here, and it also doesn't show up there unless something is connected that would need it.

noobvious · 17 Dec 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by sunnybyfleet

I've got Windows 7 x64, and if I click the "show hidden icons" button in the bottom right of the screen, I have a "Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media" option. I haven't installed any 3rd party tools either.

Thanks for that.

One of my DAP's is set to MSC (mass storage class)USB mode and I was worried about something happening if I just unplugged it. I'm less than a week into Win 7 and that was something I hadn't yet discovered.

logicearth · 17 Dec 2009

Hmmm....what you know it is still there!

sunnybyfleet · 18 Dec 2009

This does of course beg the question, what on Earth was the Op trying to plug?

Windows 7: "Safely Remove HDW" disappeared in Windows 7!?!?!

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