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Can't Safely Rmove Hardware

  • 26-04-2010 11:34pm
    #1
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,433 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Sometimes when I attempt to Safely Remove Hardware I get this message:

    cannot-stop-device.png

    Anyone know a way of fixing this?

    Hardware is a Maxtor external hd
    PC is Dell Dimension
    OS is Windows XP Home

    Genealogy Forum Mod



Comments

  • #2
    Daniele
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭Daniele


    There must be a process that use some file on your external hard disk.
    Check processes with task manager. Try to kill something non-system and repeat the operation.


  • #3
    samhail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭samhail


    might you have it open in explorer ? (viewing it through my computer)


  • #4
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    If you have the drive still open. That is if a window is open even with My Computer or the files you might have been copying across. Close them and then try again. It's a typical windows usb warning. Nothing serious.


  • #5
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,734 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    as people said, there is another process using something on disk, explorer being open is a common one, but most likely another process on the machine locking something down.

    i see this alot with my drive which has avi's on it, divX player decides to start in the background and hold onto one of the avi's. just a matter of killing the process in task manager.


  • #6
    bandit197
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 907 ✭✭✭bandit197


    Boom_Bap wrote: »
    as people said, there is another process using something on disk, explorer being open is a common one

    Sometimes happens if you have been viewing PDF files off the device too.


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  • #7
    (insert name)
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 181 ✭✭(insert name)


    disable system restore on the dirve.

    then u can deltet system volume information fro mit too


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