Howdy,

I use two external USB hard disks.

What is the correct way to "unplug" them?

No matter what I try, Windows 2000 seems unhappy. Nothing serious, but
I do get the dialog telling me that I have unplugged a device
improperly. I then tried disabling the disks in Device Manager first,
but that produces the same dialog...

Thanks for the technique,

--
Kenneth

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it's the way you're suppose to remove devices .. you stop them through the
"Removable Devices" .. icon on your taksbar. This way windows takes care of
all the connections and IRQs and never complains


"Keven" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:028001c36aa8$3db61920$(E-Mail Removed)...
> have you tried to click on the remove hardware icon on the
> taskbar (it looks like a green arrow and a pcmcia card)
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Howdy,
> >
> >I use two external USB hard disks.
> >
> >What is the correct way to "unplug" them?
> >
> >No matter what I try, Windows 2000 seems unhappy. Nothing
> serious, but
> >I do get the dialog telling me that I have unplugged a
> device
> >improperly. I then tried disabling the disks in Device
> Manager first,
> >but that produces the same dialog...
> >
> >Thanks for the technique,
> >
> >--
> >Kenneth
> >
> >If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS."
> >.
> >

On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 00:55:46 -0500, "Satvic" <****@spammers.com>
wrote:

>it's the way you're suppose to remove devices .. you stop them through the
>"Removable Devices" .. icon on your taksbar. This way windows takes care of
>all the connections and IRQs and never complains

Howdy,

I will experiment, but, to now, that icon appears only after I have
removed the drive...

Thanks,

--
Kenneth

If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS."

you can also stop devices in control panel if there's no
icon on your task bar. Regards,
>-----Original Message-----
>Howdy,
>
>I use two external USB hard disks.
>
>What is the correct way to "unplug" them?
>
>No matter what I try, Windows 2000 seems unhappy.
Nothing serious, but
>I do get the dialog telling me that I have unplugged a
device
>improperly. I then tried disabling the disks in Device
Manager first,
>but that produces the same dialog...
>
>Thanks for the technique,
>
>--
>Kenneth
>
>If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS."
>.
>

On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 06:09:09 -0700, "Ron"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>you can also stop devices in control panel if there's no
>icon on your task bar. Regards,

Hi Ron,

OK, I'll bite... How?

Thanks,

--
Kenneth

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