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Originally Posted by s0litaire
To be safe always right click on the Kindle entry in "My Computer" in Windows and select "Eject".
there's also an icon in the taskbar you can left click on to unmount the device
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They're not the same. Ejecting the drive keeps the USB connection open still. Removing the device from the Safely remove hardware notification icon closes that connection.
Normally they give you the same end result but some of the underlying behaviour changed in Vista and above.
This means that if you're on Vista or 7, you have to eject the Kindle from Computer if you want to get it out of USB Drive Mode whilst still charging. If you remove it from the Safely remove hardware list then it will stay in USB Drive Mode.
If you're on XP then you have to do it from Safely remove hardware.
Its all mentioned in the Kindle manual in section 8.3.