Remove Hardware Safely...

[Guest]

I just did an upgrade for a friend from 98se to XPpro. Everything went well and it runs quickly and smooth. One thing though...this is on a laptop computer and the safely remove hardware icon will not show up. If I go into customize, I see it under past items. I did try to select "always show", but that did not make a difference. Asit stands now, he has to shut-down each time he wants to switch from floppy to dvd. When this was a 98se machine he had a third party program that would take care of this, but it is not compatable with XP, so it was recommended by Windows that it be uninstalled.

I would love some suggestions as to how to get this function back up (the xp one). However, I would also be pretty happy if someone could point me toward a replacement program that will handle this procedure.

 

[Don MI]

I just did an upgrade for a friend from 98se to XPpro. Everything went

well and it runs quickly and smooth. One thing though...this is on a laptop
computer and the safely remove hardware icon will not show up. If I go into
customize, I see it under past items. I did try to select "always show",
but that did not make a difference. Asit stands now, he has to shut-down
each time he wants to switch from floppy to dvd. When this was a 98se
machine he had a third party program that would take care of this, but it is
not compatable with XP, so it was recommended by Windows that it be
uninstalled.

I would love some suggestions as to how to get this function back up (the

xp one). However, I would also be pretty happy if someone could point me
toward a replacement program that will handle this procedure.

The Safely Remove Hardware function is more limited than its name implies.
It is intended only for devices {especially USB} which you must disconnect
from the system before you can safely unplug the device. An example is an
external USB drive. The icon will only show in your notification area {even
if you select "always Show"} if you have such a device connected to the
computer.

The Safely Remove Hardware function does not apply to devices connected to
internal buses.

Don

 

[Guest]

Not sure if it's the same, but these are the removeable drives that are designed to be removed while the OS is on.