Safely Remove Hardware function not working

[smackemback]

The Safely Remove Hardware function isn´t working on my machine, It was previously working & now doesn´t respond to any clicks or commands even though the icon is still visible in the taskbar.Has anybody else had this problem or has anbody else found a solution to this rather annoying glitch ????

Ps I´m a newbie here & have tried to locate any similar mentions of this problem in these forums but as of yet have located nothing that appears to help me to overcome this problem.
thanks for any help in advance.....

 

[FZ21Z]

Hi.
Can you eject the devices in devices and printers?

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello smackemback, welcome to Seven Forums!



Have a look at the tutorial at the link below to see if you can do a system restore to a date before the issue started.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/700-system-restore.html



Please remember to post back to let us know how it sorts out.

 

[pweegar]

Or you can shutdown the pc and then remove the device. It would be interesting to see what kind of errors, if any you would get. Or what entries get written to the event logs.

 

[Zodian]

Hi,

I have the same problem, clicking on my safely remove eject hardware media causes no action from my computer at all. There is no popup nor any window opening to allow me to eject my removable drive. so everytime when i need to eject a drive, i have to go printer and device. Any solution for the media to work?

 

[smackemback]

Hi,

I have the same problem, clicking on my safely remove eject hardware media causes no action from my computer at all. There is no popup nor any window opening to allow me to eject my removable drive. so everytime when i need to eject a drive, i have to go printer and device. Any solution for the media to work?

I´m currently in contact with Microsoft with regards to this matter & will let you know if it ever actually gets sorted & any steps taken to rectify this rather annoying little hiccup

 

[CommonTater]

Hi,

I have the same problem, clicking on my safely remove eject hardware media causes no action from my computer at all. There is no popup nor any window opening to allow me to eject my removable drive. so everytime when i need to eject a drive, i have to go printer and device. Any solution for the media to work?

I´m currently in contact with Microsoft with regards to this matter & will let you know if it ever actually gets sorted & any steps taken to rectify this rather annoying little hiccup

I see nobody's asked just yet...

But what kind of hardware are you trying to "safely remove" ...

In MY Computer if you select "View as Tiles", "Sort by Type" and "Group by type" (right click functions) you should see two or more groups of hardware shown library style... Only those in the "Devices with removeable media" will show up in the "safely remove" function.

For example... Printers and scanner scan simply be turned off, mice and keyboards can simply be unplugged... I even simply pull my flash drives out when done with them... So far it's never been a problem.

Essentially the Safely Remove Hardware function flushes memory buffers to the device to make sure there's no loss. Other than that, it's really a non-event.

 

[manhunter2826]

The only caveat I'd issue is: if u do simply unplug the usb flash drive/external drive - and it's very tempting - you can end up with corrupted/missing data/files. I've seen it happen on a few drives - not mine but colleagues although I can't be decisive enough to say that this was the primary cause. Anyone else?

 

[Valor D]

unnecessary

The safely remove hardware is unnecessary. If you're using a flash drive, just close the window and wait for the light on the flash drive to stop flashing before u disconnect it.

 

[manhunter2826]

I think I'll carry on being obsessive by 'safely removing the hardware' first

 

[CommonTater]

I think I'll carry on being obsessive by 'safely removing the hardware' first

It's always better to be safe than sorry.

But you can just as easily go to my computer and right click then eject it... gets you the same result, even pops up the little balloon thingy saying it's safe to remove.

I'm wreckless I guess... I do it ValorD's way. :shock:

 

[Zodian]

I mainly need to unplug my portable harddisk and thumbdrive. thanks 'smackemback' please update this thread if microsoft get back to u. =)

 

[gregrocker]

As stated, printers and other similar devices don't need it, but I always Safely Remove USB flash sticks and externals.

I notice that some USB hubs I plug stick into don't even show the Safely Remove tray icon, esp with XP.

I do unplug my stick after closing it out if this happens but wonder why this is the case. Anyone know?

 

[win7pcuser]

same issue for me

I sometimes have the eject hardware stop working. reboot fixes it but that is way too painful. Windows nees to come up with a fix.

 

[pestul]

I've had this issue from day one with my ASUS eEE PC and Windows 7 starter. Whenever I plug in a thumb drive and click on the green safely remove hardware icon nothing happens. I can go into explorer and eject it manually, but it's a little annoying for a function that should work.

 

[gregrocker]

Do you use a USB hub?

Is this a clean install, or inferior in-place Upgrade or factory bloatware install?

Consider a http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html?ltr=R or Clean http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/125874-re-install-windows-7-a.html#post1086729

 

[pestul]

That is how it came from a factory install. I might try to wipe it and re-install.

 

[dx99]

pls help.

when i try to unplug my hard disk from my laptop..
when i pressed the 'safely remove hardware' icon.. it did not respond..
then i manually go to 'My computer', i cant find eject either..
even i manually go to 'start'->'devices and printers', the window will hang..

so is there anyone could assist on this.. pls..
thanks in advance!

 

[gregrocker]

Are you referring to an external HD? An internal HD should not be removed while the computer is under power.

If you get no response to Safely Remove an external or flash stick, make sure all files or programs which are/were being used by the drive are closed, then try again. You can then remove the drive, or if you want to be extra sure wait until you've powered down.

Normally Safely Remove will respond one way or the other. If it persists in never responding, then I would run SFC -SCANNOW Command - System File Checker.

If this doesn't help you may need a Repair Install.

 

[dx99]

yes,gregrocker. im trying to safely remove my external HDD.
so what's actually SFC about?
wil it change any pc settings or etc after doing that?