USB card readers

i think u need to click the remove hardware and then it will tell u that it is safe to remove ur card, reader or whatever u clicked earlier,

hope this helps

sidecar

Well the way it reads after I clik on "safely remove hardware" is
"safely remove USB mass storage device - drives (G:, H:,)"
"safely remove USB mass storage device - drive (I
If I clik on one of them it then says Safe To Remove Hardware
The USB Mass Storage Device 'device can now be safely removed from the system

This removes that particular DRIVE from device mgr.
I have to reboot to bring that particular drive back. It wont come back on its own.
So if you are right then my win XP must be messed up.

after u remove the drive, and reinstall it, win xp should recognize it again and install it at that point.

hope this helps

sidecar

If I want to put a different card in the reader I would have to reboot each time. The only way to get the drive back is to reboot the computer. Thats why Im thinking you dont have to go through this procedure unless I want to remove the complete card reader.
OR is my win xp messed up.

I always pull my card straight out, BUT do NOT pull the card while it is in the process of reading\writing or it may well damage the card, but there is no risk just pulling the card when it has finished what it's doing IMHO.
Unlike other drives where they may be spinning while plugged in, these only work when instructed to read or write to the card, thats why it's safe IMO, using the safely remove feature will effectively uninstall the hub (card reader) itself, not the card, so feel free to pull the cards without worry so long as it isn't working at the time.

Thanx thats what I determined looking around on the web. I got confused and started thinkng there was something wrong with my system everytime I tried to "Safely remove hardware"