Questions tagged [eject]
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How can I remove the option to eject SATA drives from the Windows 7 tray icon?
The Safely Remove Hardware icon in Windows 7 offers the ability to eject my SATA drives, including the boot drive. I don't see myself ever needing this - especially not from the convenience of the ...
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How do you disconnect a USB drive when getting a "this device is currently in use"?
My daughter had her thumb drive plugged into my desktop, doing some work. She finished, logged off of her account and I logged into mine. I noticed that she left her thumb drive in the USB port, and ...
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How can I eject a CD via the cmd?
I have been trying to eject the cd drive with the use of the cmd.
However, I am stumped. Searching on the internet, I only found this answer:
eject D:
and a similiar answer
eject D: /I
Both of ...
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How can I remount an ejected (not just unmounted) USB drive on Mac?
I frequently eject an usb stick, and then realize I still need it.
If I unmount the drive in Disk Utility, I can just remount it, but if I eject, it's gone.
Not showed in Finder
Not showed in ...
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How to "Un-Eject" a USB Flash drive -- Eject is easy (safely remove hardware), but what about Un-Eject or Reconnect? [duplicate]
There are times after I eject a USB Flash drive, I want to copy some more files over to the USB Flash drive. In this case, do I always need to unplug the drive and plug it back in? Is there a way to ...
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Windows 10: No option to Eject External HARD DRIVE (NOT USB Stick)
When I plug in my external hard drive (again, NOT USB stick), and right click on the icon in This PC, there is no option to eject the drive.
There is a system tray option to "safely eject" it, but ...
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How can I remove the option to eject internal SATA drives from the Windows 8 tray icon?
The Safely Remove Hardware icon in Windows 8 (and 8.1) offers the ability to eject my internal SATA drives, including the boot drive (see example):
I don't see myself ever needing this - especially ...
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How to remap eject key on MacBook keyboard to "delete"?
I own a first generation MacBook Air and this has bothered me since the beginnings.
When I bought this thing, I was sure I'm not going to carry a DVD drive. I don't use it. WiFi has worked pretty ...
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How do I recover files from an USB flash drive?
I have a flash drive that was used primarily on a Mac, and it was ejected improperly.
Now when I put it back in, the computer (I tried 2 different Macs and 3 PCs) does not even register the flash ...
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How to close the Optical Drive tray in Windows?
I've always wondered why Windows has an Eject option but doesn't include a corresponding Close / Close Tray option in the context menu of optical drives.
Is there a way of closing the optical drive ...
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It takes a *very* long time to eject my flashdrives
I am running a fresh install on Debian 8, and I often have to wait a ridiculous time before my flashdrives get ejected (ranging from 1 to 10.. 15 minutes). During this time, I can't access anything ...
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How to unmount a VHD via command line in Windows 10
I need to unmount a VHD with a batch script in Windows 10. The only solution I found online was directed at Windows 7 and involved Diskpart. Are there any other native Windows command line tools ...
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"Disk Not Ejected Properly" Alert after computer goes to sleep USB3 only
Ok so this is a relatively new one for me, I recently upgraded my computer, both to Yosemite and installing a USB3 Card from Sonnet. I have downloaded the drivers for the Sonnet card, and everything ...
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Can I disconnect a USB drive while copying is paused in Windows 8?
As you all probably know by now, Windows 8 consolidates all simultaneous file copy operations into one single dialog. Also, wonder of wonders, you can now pause any of the operations as well!
What I ...
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New external SSD acting up, no eject option
I just got myself an ORICO M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure USB-C Adapter and put an unused NVMe 1.3 into it (512GB).
When I tried to eject it in the file explorer, there was no eject option, though the format ...
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How do I eject the media devices or phones that are group under the Portable Devices category since there is no eject options
I notice that media player or Android phones (using MTP mode) that is connect to Windows, they are usually group under the Portable Devices category. Under this category, when you right-click, there ...
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Disable unsafe USB removal warning on OS X
Is there any way to remove the warning message that pops up on Mac OS X when you remove a USB device without ejecting it properly first?
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Eject/dismount a drive using PowerShell
I would like to eject/dismount an external USB drive via PowerShell.
Meaning, I want to replicate exactly the behaviour of these UI actions (Ejecting drive via Windows UI):
Currently I am using this ...
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How can I force my Mac Mini to eject a DVD
Today I put a movie DVD into my Mac Mini, but the Finder doesn't show it => the Mac doesn't seem to know it is there.
How can I force an eject?
Note: Booting with all kinds of keys CMD, ALT, Apple ...
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Disable possibility to eject internal hardrives
I recently installed Windows 7 Home Premium and suddenly saw that I could eject my internal hard drives:
With my previous installation (Professional), this was not possible. How could a (by ...
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Is There A Need To Safely Remove Device If "Quick Removal" Is Enabled?
i have been always ejecting devices from USB prior to removing them from computer and then i thought that if i have "Quick Removal" set, would i still need to eject? What could be the worst case if ...
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Ejecting SATA device in Linux
How to eject SATA device properly in Linux?
I know eject command can do it for usb device:
eject usbDevicePath
Does it work same way for SATA devices? Will it sync caches, and properly power down ...
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How do I disable the CD drive eject button in Windows 7? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Disable CD eject button on laptop
My baby brother keeps messing around with the CD drive. I tried the software from Disable CD eject button on Windows laptop but it didn't ...
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Safely Ejecting a Drive - I almost never find any program using the device. Why doesn't Windows say which programs are using the device?
I've read "just pull it out anyway", and I've read "you'll be sorry".
Shouldn't Windows be able to tell me which programs are using the device, and ask me if I want to close those ...
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How do you disconnect a USB drive when getting a “this device is currently in use” without Unlocker?
This question was asked three years ago and the suggested Unlocker has since (March 2015) been described by HowToGeek as only available with malware wrappers.
I need a methodology described to do it ...
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Is it possible to eject a cd in a batch file on Windows XP?
I've seen a few executables/utilities that do it, and many forums that say it is not possible to do. But is there any DOS command that I can rely on in a typical XP installation?
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How to find out which process is using an external USB drive? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I identify what application is using the file?
Often when I try to eject my external USB hard disk, I get this message:
Problem Ejecting USB Mass Storage Device
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How to obtain the "eject" / "remove safely" for USB on Windows 8?
I've got a very serious problem which I've seen many other users have too: there's simply no way anymore to "eject" / "safely eject" an USB drive from Windows 8 / Windows 8.1.
By googling I realized ...
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Error disconnecting a USB external Hard disk, how can this be fixed without restarting the computer?
Sometimes I can't remove the external USB hard disk because of the error in the screen shot below when i try to safely remove the hard disk. There does not appear to be an application using the hard ...
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Can't safely eject external hard drive on Windows 10. How to Solve it?
Whenever I am trying to eject my external hard drive I am getting "Problem Ejecting USB Mass Storage Device" alert and it is not allowing me to eject the device safely.
(System : Windows 10 ...
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Cannot mount USB after unsafe eject
I have a 16GB usb flash drive and I made it bootable to install Linux Mint.
But for some reason, I couldn't install and did an unsafe eject.
Now, I cannot mount the drive, neither on Windows nor ...
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How can I programmatically “eject” a keychain on OS X?
I'm using a script to eject a small USB key I use as a “identity” drive, which contains some secure information. Of note, it has an OS X “keychain” file on it, which contains some of my more secure ...
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Is there an RSM replacement in Windows 7? (to eject USB and Firewire devices from command line)
I know Windows XP and previous had an rsm.exe file in the <root>\windows\system32 folder that could be used to manage media. I used this command in batch files and from the command line to eject ...
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How to hide Eject Button in Mac OS X for the permanent external drive like JetDrive
How can I hide the Eject Button for a certain external drive in the Mac OS X?
Because usually the external drive like JetDrive or StorEdge, does not need to be removed (I want to extend the disk ...
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Why must I always press the hardware eject button when a CD, DVD or Blu-Ray disc fails to read correctly? [closed]
The compact disc (CD, DVD, Blu-Ray) has been around for at least two decades - and yet if my computer has a problem reading a disc it will continue spinning away until I physically eject the disc by ...
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diskarbitrarationd consumes 100% CPU for 10 minutes after ejecting a USB drive
Recently I've had problems when ejecting a Seagate SRD0SP0 USB 2.0 hard drive from my Macbook. It has two partitions, one is my Time Machine backup, and the other is an ExFAT partition for media. ...
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The Device 'Generic volume' cannot be stopped right now. Try stopping the device again later
I am getting the following error on a 320 GB Western Digital external HDD that has 250 GB of music, and I can't eject it with the safely remove hardware icon.
The device 'generic voluyme' ...
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Is it safe to plug out external usb harddisk when logoff?
I've tried to eject an external drive but it just won't be ejected. I know it is safe to pull out the external drive when the machine is shutdown but this is a fileserver and I can't shut it down just ...
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How to eject a CD if Windows won't eject it?
Right now I have a DVD in my laptop drive and the computer is hard at work trying to pry some readable bits from it. Judging by the sound of it, it is utterly failing.
But while I realize the ...
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Eject connected external hard drive using cmd
Is there any way to eject external hard drive safely which is currently connected to the pc only using cmd?
I can only use cmd right now and GUI is out the question.
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How do I audit CD/DVD tray opening events in Windows 7?
Since installing Windows 7, the entire office has experienced random CD tray openings, sometimes while we are in the office, sometimes not.
On my PC, I have two disc-reading devices, but only the ...
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How do I remove internal SATA disks from the "Safely Remove Hardware" menu?
I have installed Windows 7 (Ultimate) on a PC with an ASRock 960GM/U3S3 FX motherboard, which is an AMD AM3+ motherboard with an AMD 760G/SB710 chipset. Everything installed OK with the latest drivers ...
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Internal Blu-Ray drive not recognized
This only just started happening yesterday, but when I put a BD disk into the drive and tried to do anything with it (just right clicking on the BD drive in Windows explorer), Windows explorer would ...
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how do you eject cd using keyboard on dell inspiron 6000
The eject button on my cd / dvd drive is broken.
I can still eject using windows explorer from the context menu.
I need to reinstall windows.
Is there a function key combination i can use from the ...
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CD-DVD drive won't eject
I have an Amilo Pa 1538 Fujitsu Siemens Laptop. For two years it has given me all sorts of problems like overheating etc.
Here is what happened this time: With the computer turned off, I pushed the ...
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Is there a way to eject an iPhone directly from Xcode or from Mac OS X without using iTunes?
I’m using Xcode to develop an iOS app. So I connect my iPhone, and when I’m done developing I want to eject the phone to properly disconnect it. I have tried browsing around in the settings app and in ...
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Where to connect the eject cable
Hello I have bought the chasis of an HP Slim Line S5747C with the factory motherboard and no DVD Rom. I added my own DVD Rom, but as you can see from the picture there is a separate eject button, ...
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Eject USB drive using the explorer
When I right click a drive in the This PC view which is associated with an SD card I have the option in the context menu to eject it. If it is associated with a USB flash drive this option doesn't ...
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How to remove my usb device from safely remove hardware and eject list
I have a third party usb device, when i plugged in it is showing in the safely remove hardware and eject list.
I want to disable that feature. Could any help me out how can achieve it.
Disable ...
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How to fix Windows 7 device removal notification loop
Bit of an odd one this. One of our PCs is getting caught in a loop some time after being turned on, usually after a USB storage device has been attached - sometimes an iPod, sometimes a GPS.
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