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Originally Posted by sigma8
Yeah, I definitely agree. I always "eject" mine, too. Except, of course, when I forget and/or can't >.> Also, when I referred to file system corruption, I was thinking more along the lines of the whole system, i.e. you cannot read any files on your device without repair. That has happened to me, and it really sucks. If a small number of files are affected, I'd call that file corruption, and I've definitely experienced that after haphazard disconnects. Fortunately, filesystems are usually robust enough to contain the corruption to files that were being accessed during the disconnect.
Articnick, why are you using the device manager? That's several clicks deep into the OS. Here's steps on how to do it more simply in XP (not sure if the same applies when using Vista--probably not)
http://psy.swansea.ac.uk/staff/carte.../USBDrives.htm
Of course, that might not solve the problem you are having. You should make sure nothing on your system is accessing the device when you want to disconnect it, or it'll try to prevent you. Try quitting as much as you can, one thing at a time, until you're able to "safely remove" the device. Hopefully that will help you identify the culprit application. |
Sorry! I did not mean the device manager, I meant the little icon in the task bar, as shown in you link.