12-05-2025, 05:54 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-05-2025, 06:01 AM by garioch7.
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I have always found the Windows removal of external devices to be problematic. My solution years ago, after some online research was to purchase a product called USB Safely Remove for both of my computers. I doubt that Hasleo is the problem, but that program displays what processes are preventing safe removal of an external USB hard drive or flash drive.
Interestingly, one of my clients was having constant problems with safely ejecting Flash Drives. I bought him a license for that program, and the culprit turned out to be Dropbox locking his USB flash drives behind the scenes. Even more interesting was that the program I purchased for him seems to have "convinced" Dropbox to let go of the drives when it is asked to do the ejection. His drives now eject immediately using that program.
There is a 30-day free trial, so you can quickly identify which program is locking a removable drive. I would bet that it is not Hasleo. I have been using Hasleo Backup Suite Pro since the day it went on sale when I purchased a lifetime license for five devices, and it has never locked my external drives.
And, by the way, all of my external drives are set for "Better Performance," not "Quick Removal."
I am not advertising that ejection program. I am only sharing my experience with it over many years. I am simply a very satisfied customer with two lifetime licenses for that program.
I share this information only to provide Forum members with a quick and easy way to determine what processes Windows "thinks" are locking an external drive from being safely ejected. In my experience, with big copy jobs, the culprit most often turns out to be Windows own indexing service, which finishes usually in a few minutes at most.
Have a great day.
Regards,
Phil
Interestingly, one of my clients was having constant problems with safely ejecting Flash Drives. I bought him a license for that program, and the culprit turned out to be Dropbox locking his USB flash drives behind the scenes. Even more interesting was that the program I purchased for him seems to have "convinced" Dropbox to let go of the drives when it is asked to do the ejection. His drives now eject immediately using that program.
There is a 30-day free trial, so you can quickly identify which program is locking a removable drive. I would bet that it is not Hasleo. I have been using Hasleo Backup Suite Pro since the day it went on sale when I purchased a lifetime license for five devices, and it has never locked my external drives.
And, by the way, all of my external drives are set for "Better Performance," not "Quick Removal."
I am not advertising that ejection program. I am only sharing my experience with it over many years. I am simply a very satisfied customer with two lifetime licenses for that program.
I share this information only to provide Forum members with a quick and easy way to determine what processes Windows "thinks" are locking an external drive from being safely ejected. In my experience, with big copy jobs, the culprit most often turns out to be Windows own indexing service, which finishes usually in a few minutes at most.
Have a great day.
Regards,
Phil