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How to safely eject external
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(12-04-2025, 07:44 PM)admin Wrote:
(12-04-2025, 12:00 PM)bjm_ Wrote: Okay...I watched Resource Monitor from start to completion.  I find no Disk Activity on D:\ and yet the device is currently in use.

That is indeed strange. Aside from user processes, are there any system processes (such as svchost.exe) accessing the drive? Is this USB drive the source or the target drive?

Maybe you can try taking the drive offline in Windows Disk Management and then ejecting it.

Resource Monitor watching D:\ was quiet.   USB drive is the target.
How do I use Disk Management to take drive offline?
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How to safely eject external - by bjm_ - 12-03-2025, 07:00 AM
RE: How to safely eject external - by billmcct - 12-03-2025, 07:22 AM
RE: How to safely eject external - by bjm_ - 12-03-2025, 11:47 AM
RE: How to safely eject external - by admin - 12-03-2025, 01:28 PM
RE: How to safely eject external - by bjm_ - 12-04-2025, 12:00 PM
RE: How to safely eject external - by admin - 12-04-2025, 07:44 PM
RE: How to safely eject external - by bjm_ - 12-05-2025, 08:40 AM
RE: How to safely eject external - by admin - 12-05-2025, 12:18 PM
RE: How to safely eject external - by bjm_ - 12-06-2025, 08:30 AM
RE: How to safely eject external - by admin - 12-06-2025, 12:34 PM
RE: How to safely eject external - by bjm_ - Yesterday, 04:56 AM
RE: How to safely eject external - by admin - Yesterday, 11:48 AM
RE: How to safely eject external - by bjm_ - 12-04-2025, 12:05 PM
RE: How to safely eject external - by bjm_ - 12-04-2025, 12:07 PM
RE: How to safely eject external - by billmcct - 12-03-2025, 11:12 PM
RE: How to safely eject external - by bjm_ - 12-04-2025, 12:06 PM
RE: How to safely eject external - by CDC9762 - 12-05-2025, 01:15 AM
RE: How to safely eject external - by Dude Guyman - 12-05-2025, 02:30 AM
RE: How to safely eject external - by CDC9762 - 12-05-2025, 04:34 AM
RE: How to safely eject external - by garioch7 - 12-05-2025, 05:54 AM
RE: How to safely eject external - by bjm_ - 12-06-2025, 08:15 AM
RE: How to safely eject external - by CDC9762 - 12-05-2025, 07:53 AM
RE: How to safely eject external - by garioch7 - 12-06-2025, 06:02 AM
RE: How to safely eject external - by Dude Guyman - 12-06-2025, 07:21 AM

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