Comments on: How to safely remove your USB drive when Safely Remove Hardware icon disappears from the system tray

By: tylerleegates

tylerleegates — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:34:17 +0000

Thanks for the tip,very helpful,will remember for the future.Used method 2, was easy and fast(even for newbie).Thanks again!
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By: Ashfame

Ashfame — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:11:42 +0000

I have no idea about that. Try some googling.

By: Dr. Aajay Sharma

Dr. Aajay Sharma — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:47:25 +0000

Hi,
I was working in MS Office 2007 and was saving files on Transcend USB 8 GB Pen drive. I pulled out the pen drive without stopping it. Now it shows 0 bytes used and 0 bytes free. My important files such as *.XLS/X, *.DOc/X etc. are stored in the pen drive. How to get these files from this pen drive. Please help.

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| MyPCTalk — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:18:41 +0000

[...] Right click on the USB drive icon in My Computer [...]

By: Paula

Paula — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:04:23 +0000

I was following your advice to safely remove my pen drive because the icon was not there. I used method #2 to disable the usb mass storage device. Then I could not enable it again because it disappeared from the list. I had to restore my computer to a previous point to enable it again but I was scared when this happened. Coul dyou tell me why? Thanks

By: Tandy

Tandy — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:53:06 +0000

Thank man, its works…

By: Kalley

Kalley — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:52:19 +0000

I am having probems getting the Icon to leave. I click safely remove hardware and it comes up with “Samsung SP2504c SCSI Disk Drive” I click on that and it says that its in use and to stop using and try to remove again. I have done some investigating and found out that Samsung is my hard drive.. ‘
Anyone know whats going on?

By: Ashfame

Ashfame — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:18:25 +0000

@Cody
I have no idea how the relative drive letter of the usb drive can be handled. Try some googling and look for creating a batch file.

By: Cody Lambrecht

Cody Lambrecht — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:59:39 +0000

Hi, thanks for this tutorial, but I am currently using my USB drive for portable programs, and I have a script that runs that ends all my running processes, but the shortcuts I have tried to use to eject the usb automatically do now work.
What I mean is, I would like to have a program/exe/bat file that will run and will eject(safely remove harddrive) automatically with a relative drive letter as it changes from pc to pc that I use it on.
I also need it to work with no admin rights, and no .net or visual basic or sdk installed since I do not have admin rights.

I’m not sure where to start personally,
So any help in pointing me to the right place to start looking/reading would be GREATLY appreciated!

Thanks, Cody.

By: Ashfame

Ashfame — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:49:21 +0000

@rodeo
Be more descriptive buddy else I won’t be able to point you in any direction.

By: rodeo

rodeo — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:45:28 +0000

all of the 3 methods posted did’nt work.

By: Ashfame

Ashfame — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:40:06 +0000

@Aniruddha
I have no idea what could be the problem if the pen drive is not showing up. Try a different USB port or computer to check whether the port is the culprit or the pendrive or the specific computer you are using.

By: Aniruddha

Aniruddha — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:29:20 +0000

I can open the dialog box by your method, but it is showing nothing even when a pen drive is inserted, please help!!

By: Ashfame

Ashfame — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:48:44 +0000

@Michel
Faulty USB means some fault. no?

By: Michel Cochegrus

Michel Cochegrus — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:32:35 +0000

One thing I discovered is that if you have a faulty USB hub, your USB devices show up (hard drives, printers, etc) but they won’t show up in your tray icon for safe removal. I changed a USB Hub i had and voilá, now I can see and safely remove. So check your USB Hub