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What actually works for "Problem Ejecting USB Mass Storage Device" error?
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Shplad
, Apr 13 2024 12:39 PM
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Posted 15 April 2024 - 11:41 AM
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Posted 15 April 2024 - 01:33 PM
I'm not saying that.
What I am saying is that some processes take time, and are easier allowed to complete
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Posted 15 April 2024 - 01:39 PM
That didn't work for me, Eddie. I tried to eject some of those drives hours after write operations hadn't finished and the system still refused to allow it.
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Posted 15 April 2024 - 02:38 PM
You can unmount the drive by opening an elevated command prompt and typing
mountvol X: /p
Where X is the letter of the drive you want to unmount.
Edit: I don't know how this would affect the drive if something was being written to it.
Edited by JohnC_21, 15 April 2024 - 02:40 PM.
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Posted 15 April 2024 - 03:56 PM
Ok, I am going out on a limb here, and maybe I don't fully understand the problem, but......
For years I have never ejected a flash drive after copying data to it from my computer. When the copying is done, I make sure the activity light on the USB drive is not blinking, and just pull it out. For years I have never had a corrupted drive or data on it.
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Posted 15 April 2024 - 04:01 PM
Ok, I am going out on a limb here, and maybe I don't fully understand the problem, but......
For years I have never ejected a flash drive after copying data to it from my computer. When the copying is done, I make sure the activity light on the USB drive is not blinking, and just pull it out. For years I have never had a corrupted drive or data on it.
This is 100% factual and great advice. Same advice is given to linux users too.
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Posted 16 April 2024 - 05:23 PM
Isn't that what I was saying in post #3 ??
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Posted 17 April 2024 - 03:53 AM
Just my 10 cents:
some drives that I plug in (e.g. a phone or a tablet or a camera) never give the option to eject drive. You just have to unplug them. I am speculating that newer devices are built this way.
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