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

[Guest Sam]

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.

[Guest Peter Foldes]

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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.

 

>

[Guest Sam]

Many thanks, Sam

 

 

 

 

 

"Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message

 

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> Yes

 

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> Peter

 

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> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others

 

> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

 

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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.

 

>>

 

>

[Guest FiOS-Dave]

"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.

 

>

 

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

[Guest SC Tom]

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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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[Guest Sam]

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

 

 

 

 

 

"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.

 

>