Every time I Safely Remove Hardware, my computer stops recognizing those drives until I restart. I know I'm just doing it wrong, but how do I do it right so that I don't have to restart my computer each time? And please only give me a response that you know is right, I'm sick of getting answers with "Wow that sucks" or other dumb responses cus people just want points.
2007-03-27 06:42:27 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
that function is mainly for flashdrives and things of this nature
you just left click on the little icon down there and click on the drive letter you want to stop service to
one of my computers has various things that it recognizes, so you just have to be careful and pick teh right one
if it still stops recognizing the hardware, try unpluging it and pluging it back in
that could make it recognize it again, and you dont have to restart
and dont use add/remove hardware
im pretty sure that will uninstall the drives, too
thats not the best thing
tho XP does have drivers for most things out there, so its probably an easier fix than with 98 or something
2007-03-27 06:52:19 · answer #1 · answered by matenzi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, if you want to continue using those drives, I'm assuming you mean jump drives, then DO NOT use Safely Remove Hardware. When you do this it stops the activity of that drive and rpevents it from any further use until the system is restarted.
Simply unplug the device and you can reuse it later.
2007-03-27 14:15:59 · answer #2 · answered by Jay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Safely Remove Hardware" appears in the Task Bar, if the hardware is not verfied/approved/signed by Microsoft.
If the hardware works , you can ignore the warning/s.
It has not passed Windows Logo testing.
Just now I got my ADSl USB driver setup ( Chinese) disconnected
to answer you. I am working without any problem for the last eight months. ADSL+Modem is connected to the USB Port.
Also I can connect via a RJ45 to the computer's ethernet card.
I think this warning comes only for hardware connected to USB Ports.
2007-03-27 13:59:23 · answer #3 · answered by essbebe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're not doing it wrong, that's how Windows is written. If it allowed you to write to the drive again it wouldn't be safe to remove until you did the safely remove hardware thing again!
To get the drive back without rebooting unplug it and plug it back in. (I'm assuming it's something like a USB drive.)
2007-03-27 13:57:40 · answer #4 · answered by Loren Pechtel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you click the icon to "Safely Remove Hardware" you are given a choice of which device(s) to stop. Clearly, you are making the wrong choice, or selecting all of them.
Try looking at it when no other devices are connected. Make a note of what you see. Now, add a device, check and see what it's name is.
2007-03-27 13:49:05 · answer #5 · answered by the foolish fox 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a function in your Control Panel called Add or Remove Hardware. You're best off using that.
2007-03-27 13:46:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope this doesn't qualify as a "dump response"... but I want to make sure that you are removing this device from your computer after "safely removing it". It won't recognize it again, until you remove it and plug it back in again.
2007-03-27 13:48:16 · answer #7 · answered by Gold Dog 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gold Dog is right. You have to actually unplug the device for it to be considered "removed". once you unplug it you can plug it back in and UPNP will kick in and the device will automatically be detected again.
2007-03-27 15:09:44 · answer #8 · answered by veruca_psycho 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
press the icon that comes up then it'll say "ok you rock so you can remove hardware"
2007-03-27 13:46:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋