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Cannot stop device because it is in use....
Hello all
For some time now I have been wondering why it is that
if an external hard drive is plugged in and the drive
is not being written to or read from, that if you
choose to safely remove the hardware the error message
can appear that "Drive cannot be stopped as it is
in use by another program or process" (This may not be the exact wording)
If Task Manager is opened, there is no program running
and I don't know which process would be stopping it from
being able to be removed.
I have spoken to a few people about this issue (no definitive answer)
and they report the same problem and are also unaware of
the reason for it.
I understand that if the drive is not being written to or read from
and the fact that it is NTFS means I can just pull the plug so to speak,
but I wonder what is the cause in the first place?
Seems to only happen sporadically (umm- sometimes!).
Thanks in advance for replies.
Note: Apologies if this question has been asked previously
and if that is the case and someone knows the link to follow
for info - please post here - thanks again