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Safely Remove Hardware icon in the notification tray to allow removal of Ext HD - Windows XP Pro

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Sam

Flightless Bird
In Window XP Pro, when I connect the external HD to my computer, the safely
remove Icon appears in the notification tray. Does this happen with Windows
7 also? Thanks for any help, Sam.
 
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Peter Foldes

Flightless Bird
Yes

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"Sam" <scams@Remove This att.net> wrote in message
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> In Window XP Pro, when I connect the external HD to my computer, the safely remove
> Icon appears in the notification tray. Does this happen with Windows 7 also?
> Thanks for any help, Sam.
>
 
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Sam

Flightless Bird
Many thanks, Sam


"Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Yes
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> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "Sam" <scams@Remove This att.net> wrote in message
> news:hpapau$v8e$1@speranza.aioe.org...
>> In Window XP Pro, when I connect the external HD to my computer, the
>> safely remove Icon appears in the notification tray. Does this happen
>> with Windows 7 also? Thanks for any help, Sam.
>>

>
 
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FiOS-Dave

Flightless Bird
"Sam" <scams@Remove This att.net> wrote in message
news:hpapau$v8e$1@speranza.aioe.org...
> In Window XP Pro, when I connect the external HD to my computer, the
> safely remove Icon appears in the notification tray. Does this happen
> with Windows 7 also? Thanks for any help, Sam.
>

The message will depend on how you have configured the external drive.
It only appears when you have the drive configured to use caching.
This causes a reminder so that you don't lose any data when disconnecting
the external hard drive.

Dave
 
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SC Tom

Flightless Bird
"FiOS-Dave" <FiOS-Dave@fakeaddress.zz> wrote in message
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> "Sam" <scams@Remove This att.net> wrote in message
> news:hpapau$v8e$1@speranza.aioe.org...
>> In Window XP Pro, when I connect the external HD to my computer, the
>> safely remove Icon appears in the notification tray. Does this happen
>> with Windows 7 also? Thanks for any help, Sam.
>>

> The message will depend on how you have configured the external drive.
> It only appears when you have the drive configured to use caching.
> This causes a reminder so that you don't lose any data when disconnecting
> the external hard drive.
>
> Dave


The icon will appear even if caching is NOT enabled, and if I'm not
mistaken, write caching is disabled by default to allow for "quick removal."
I never enable caching on any external drive and still use the "Safely
remove hardware" icon, both in XP and Win7. Less chance of damage/lost data
that way, even if it is supposed to be hot pluggable/unpluggable. The extra
5 seconds of insurance certainly can't hurt, IMHO.
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SC Tom

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any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician.â€
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Sam

Flightless Bird
Dave and SC Tom, many thanks for your replies, Sam.


"Sam" <scams@Remove This att.net> wrote in message
news:hpapau$v8e$1@speranza.aioe.org...
> In Window XP Pro, when I connect the external HD to my computer, the
> safely remove Icon appears in the notification tray. Does this happen
> with Windows 7 also? Thanks for any help, Sam.
>
 
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