Can't Stop External Hard Drive

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Robert Lee

I have a Western Digital 250 gb external hard drive connected via USB port.
I am also running Outlook 2007, which I believe has a function
searchindexer.exe that searches all my drives to index the files on them.

I want to be able to unplug the drive without first turning off my computer.
But I get messages saying that the drive can't be stopped. It used to be
that if I stopped searchindexer.exe, I could stop the drive. But that's
stopped working.

Here are two questions:

1. What is preventing me from stopping the drive?;

2. What is the worst that can happen if I remove it without stopping it
first?

Thanks.
 
On 3/13/2010 10:11 AM On a whim, Robert Lee pounded out on the keyboard
I have a Western Digital 250 gb external hard drive connected via USB port.
I am also running Outlook 2007, which I believe has a function
searchindexer.exe that searches all my drives to index the files on them.

I want to be able to unplug the drive without first turning off my computer.
But I get messages saying that the drive can't be stopped. It used to be
that if I stopped searchindexer.exe, I could stop the drive. But that's
stopped working.

Here are two questions:

1. What is preventing me from stopping the drive?;

2. What is the worst that can happen if I remove it without stopping it
first?

Thanks.
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Hi Robert,

I have one drive that does that. Have you tried right clicking on the
drive in Explorer and selecting "Eject"? Works for me.




Terry R.
 
Thanks to everyone who responded. Rey, you were right: if I turn off my
Norton Antivirus, I'm able to stop the drive.

Terry, I don't have an "Eject" option when I click on the external hard
drive using Windows Explorer.

Also, what's the worst that can happen if I unplug the drive without getting
the "Safe" message?
 
Thanks to everyone who responded. Rey, you were right: if I turn off my
Norton Antivirus, I'm able to stop the drive.

Terry, I don't have an "Eject" option when I click on the external hard
drive using Windows Explorer.

Also, what's the worst that can happen if I unplug the drive without getting
the "Safe" message?
 
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