You are correct BJ. I use Windows 7 Ultimate and when I plug in my external FireLite drive I can go to the attached devices icon in the task bar and have it removed. That way it is safe to remove the drive without powering down the complete system. Cheers, Arnie ------------------------------------------------------------------- Arnold E. Krause 1611 Arlington Ave., Saskatoon, Sask., CANADA, S7H 2Y6 Tel: (306) 374-3348 email address: [email protected] Homepage: http://members.shaw.ca/arnie-krause/index.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of BJ Sent: 04 February, 2014 11:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Companion Guide I thought you might be on to something there but at least in Windows 8.1, I have found where to eject the external hard disk. So it may be dependent upon the disk's drivers. Here is where I found the way to eject it. * look on the Windows task bar * there is an up arrow icon - Click that * Click on the USB device icon * A list of all devices which can be ejected is listed. Mine lists my Seagate external hard disk. * When I clicked it, it was ejected and I was told I could safely remove it. * When I plugged it in again, it was reconnected I'm pretty sure I could simply unplug it but since it is used for backups in the background, it probably isn't a good idea as I would never know when it was writing data. I know that it is listed in Windows 8.1's list of portable devices. BJ On 2/4/2014 8:50 AM, Arnie-Krause wrote: > Hi BJ, > When you plug an external hard disk into a USB port there is no way to > remove it safely unless you power down your system as far as I can > find. In that way it is not a removable drive while the system is running. > ********************************** List information page http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html Version 2008 - 2012 http://ancestry.custhelp.com/app/home ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
It works the same way in Vista. I plug an external HD into a USB port and then use the Attached Devices Icon to stop it and then remove. I've never needed to reboot to remove a device (at least not since early versions of Windows). Rosemary On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Arnie-Krause <[email protected]> wrote: > You are correct BJ. I use Windows 7 Ultimate and when I plug in my external > FireLite drive I can go to the attached devices icon in the task bar and > have it removed. That way it is safe to remove the drive without powering > down the complete system. > Cheers, Arnie > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Arnold E. Krause > 1611 Arlington Ave., > Saskatoon, Sask., CANADA, S7H 2Y6 > Tel: (306) 374-3348 > email address: [email protected] > Homepage: http://members.shaw.ca/arnie-krause/index.htm > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of BJ > Sent: 04 February, 2014 11:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Companion Guide > > I thought you might be on to something there but at least in Windows 8.1, I > have found where to eject the external hard disk. So it may be dependent > upon the disk's drivers. > > Here is where I found the way to eject it. > > * look on the Windows task bar > * there is an up arrow icon - Click that > * Click on the USB device icon > * A list of all devices which can be ejected is listed. Mine lists my > Seagate external hard disk. > * When I clicked it, it was ejected and I was told I could safely > remove it. > * When I plugged it in again, it was reconnected > > I'm pretty sure I could simply unplug it but since it is used for backups > in > the background, it probably isn't a good idea as I would never know when it > was writing data. > > I know that it is listed in Windows 8.1's list of portable devices. > > BJ > > On 2/4/2014 8:50 AM, Arnie-Krause wrote: > > Hi BJ, > > When you plug an external hard disk into a USB port there is no way to > > remove it safely unless you power down your system as far as I can > > find. In that way it is not a removable drive while the system is > running. > > > ********************************** > List information page > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html > > Version 2008 - 2012 > http://ancestry.custhelp.com/app/home > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ********************************** > List information page > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html > > Version 2008 - 2012 > http://ancestry.custhelp.com/app/home > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >