notSafelyRemovingIomega

Legendary_Sword · 10-06-2009, 09:09 AM

I got this new external harddrive 1TB Iomega make on my Acer Vista laptop never seems to be able to safely remove. Had to use my ancient Dell XP laptop because of OS mock up on my part anyway on my old laptop every time i safely remove it, it does what it is supposed to how comes.

Also after removing it the harddrive light remains on and continues making noise is it ok to unplug it after safely removing. also if i can't safely remove it is it ok to shut it down. some people mention editing a text file before shutting it down so only that gets edited/changed.
thanks for help

Dogg · 10-15-2009, 03:21 PM

The "Safely Remove" process does not power the drive off, so the power light will stay on and the drive is still spinning. Once Windows says the drive can be removed, you are free to power it off and/or disconnect it.

10-06-2009, 09:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
Legendary_Sword Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9 OS: vista	notSafelyRemovingIomega I got this new external harddrive 1TB Iomega make on my Acer Vista laptop never seems to be able to safely remove. Had to use my ancient Dell XP laptop because of OS mock up on my part anyway on my old laptop every time i safely remove it, it does what it is supposed to how comes. Also after removing it the harddrive light remains on and continues making noise is it ok to unplug it after safely removing. also if i can't safely remove it is it ok to shut it down. some people mention editing a text file before shutting it down so only that gets edited/changed. thanks for help

10-15-2009, 03:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dogg Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 2,085 OS: XP sp3	Re: notSafelyRemovingIomega The "Safely Remove" process does not power the drive off, so the power light will stay on and the drive is still spinning. Once Windows says the drive can be removed, you are free to power it off and/or disconnect it. __________________ Google is your friend !