Safely Removing Hardware

[T Graham]

Have a couple Buslink USB external harddrives connected to
a server running Windows 2000 Server. Recently, whenever
one of those drives is connected, there is no "Safely
Remove Hardware" icon located in the system taskbar. If I
go into "Control Panel"->"Add/Remove Hardware" and then
use the wizard to "Uninstall/Unplug a device"-

"Unplug/Eject a device", the device does not show up in

the window. However, if I go ahead and unplug the device
I get the usual warning stating "Unsafe Removal of Device"
and it lists the device name in the window. Why isn't the
device being recognized in the "Safely Remove Hardware"
window and how do I get it to recognize? I should
mention, when the drives are connected, they show up in
Windows Explorer like normal and they can be used normally.

 

[Jerold Schulman]

Have a couple Buslink USB external harddrives connected to
a server running Windows 2000 Server. Recently, whenever
one of those drives is connected, there is no "Safely
Remove Hardware" icon located in the system taskbar. If I
go into "Control Panel"->"Add/Remove Hardware" and then
use the wizard to "Uninstall/Unplug a device"-
the window. However, if I go ahead and unplug the device
I get the usual warning stating "Unsafe Removal of Device"
and it lists the device name in the window. Why isn't the
device being recognized in the "Safely Remove Hardware"
window and how do I get it to recognize? I should
mention, when the drives are connected, they show up in
Windows Explorer like normal and they can be used normally.

See tip 4565 in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com


Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com

 

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-----Original Message-----
Have a couple Buslink USB external harddrives connected to
a server running Windows 2000 Server. Recently, whenever
one of those drives is connected, there is no "Safely
Remove Hardware" icon located in the system taskbar. If I
go into "Control Panel"->"Add/Remove Hardware" and then
use the wizard to "Uninstall/Unplug a device"-
the window. However, if I go ahead and unplug the device
I get the usual warning stating "Unsafe Removal of Device"
and it lists the device name in the window. Why isn't the
device being recognized in the "Safely Remove Hardware"
window and how do I get it to recognize? I should
mention, when the drives are connected, they show up in
Windows Explorer like normal and they can be used normally.
.

 

[Guest]

If you are referring to the tip,
http://www.jsiinc.com/subj/tip4500/rh4565.htm, I have tried it and it doesn't
solve the problem. The file executes and the Remove/Eject Device window pops
up but the USB device still doesn't show. I have the same problem on a
workststion. Despite checking the box so the icon appears in the systray,
the Unplug-Eject Hardware icon does not appear. Suggestions?