Can't stop USB mass storage device

[Guest simonc]

I have a portable USB drive plugged in to the computer and I want to remove

it. Despite having no applications open, when I go to the Safely Remove

Hardware icon and select this drive a warning box comes up saying

 

The device 'Generic volume' cannot be stopped right now. Try stopping the

device again later.

 

Can anyone suggest what background programmes might be using the USB drive

and preventing it being stopped? I already tried exiting a spyware filter but

it didn't help.

 

Grateful for ideas.

[Guest Michael A. Loginov]

Re: Can't stop USB mass storage device

 

Some antiviral tools. May be something like undelete tools. May be shadow

copy system. Something checking up file changes as well.

 

But may be You're trying to unplug device too fast giving no time to OS to

close file deskriptors...

 

 

On 20.08.08 17:41, in article

3B4922D3-7BF6-402E-8D60-C1B3ED338D9F@microsoft.com, "simonc"

<simonc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I have a portable USB drive plugged in to the computer and I want to remove

> it. Despite having no applications open, when I go to the Safely Remove

> Hardware icon and select this drive a warning box comes up saying

>

> The device 'Generic volume' cannot be stopped right now. Try stopping the

> device again later.

>

> Can anyone suggest what background programmes might be using the USB drive

> and preventing it being stopped? I already tried exiting a spyware filter but

> it didn't help.

>

> Grateful for ideas.

 

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[Guest Ken G.]

Re: Can't stop USB mass storage device

 

I've had this problem also, and its not because I haven't given the OS time

to do its thing. I can leave it for 3 or 4 minutes and get the same response.

When I'm sure no "normal" application is using it, I just pull it out and so

far I've had no data losses.

 

"Michael A. Loginov" wrote:

> Some antiviral tools. May be something like undelete tools. May be shadow

> copy system. Something checking up file changes as well.

>

> But may be You're trying to unplug device too fast giving no time to OS to

> close file deskriptors...

>

>

> On 20.08.08 17:41, in article

> 3B4922D3-7BF6-402E-8D60-C1B3ED338D9F@microsoft.com, "simonc"

> <simonc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

> > I have a portable USB drive plugged in to the computer and I want to remove

> > it. Despite having no applications open, when I go to the Safely Remove

> > Hardware icon and select this drive a warning box comes up saying

> >

> > The device 'Generic volume' cannot be stopped right now. Try stopping the

> > device again later.

> >

> > Can anyone suggest what background programmes might be using the USB drive

> > and preventing it being stopped? I already tried exiting a spyware filter but

> > it didn't help.

> >

> > Grateful for ideas.

>

> --

> Я - лишь перила моста на стремительном потоке. Держись за меня, кто может за

> меня держаться; но вашим костылём не служу я!

>

> Zarathustra

>

> haudh@putniki.org

> http://putniki.org

>

>

[Guest Rey Santos]

RE: Can't stop USB mass storage device

 

I have experienced InCD.exe preventing a USB device safely removed.

This is the InCD software which enables you to drag files onto a CD-R

directly from Windows Explorer, or to save onto CD directly from within

applications like Microsoft Word, without using the CD Recording software

that came with your CD-Writer (Nero).

In Task Manager you can end the process and try to safely remove the usb

drive. Just run it again if you need to use it.

 

A third party software:

USB Disk Ejector 1.1.2

http://www.brothersoft.com/usb-disk-ejector-70149.html

 

 

 

--

Rey

 

 

"simonc" wrote:

> I have a portable USB drive plugged in to the computer and I want to remove

> it. Despite having no applications open, when I go to the Safely Remove

> Hardware icon and select this drive a warning box comes up saying

>

> The device 'Generic volume' cannot be stopped right now. Try stopping the

> device again later.

>

> Can anyone suggest what background programmes might be using the USB drive

> and preventing it being stopped? I already tried exiting a spyware filter but

> it didn't help.

>

> Grateful for ideas.

[Guest Opinicus]

Re: Can't stop USB mass storage device

 

"simonc" <simonc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

> Can anyone suggest what background programmes might be using the USB drive

> and preventing it being stopped?

 

Check to be sure that System Restore hasn't been turned on. That happens all

the time with USB external drives on my setup.

 

--

Bob

http://www.kanyak.com

[Guest simonc]

Re: Can't stop USB mass storage device

 

Thanks for this suggestion. I'll try turning off system restore for the drive

in question next time I want to remove it.

 

"Opinicus" wrote:

> "simonc" <simonc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

>

> > Can anyone suggest what background programmes might be using the USB drive

> > and preventing it being stopped?

>

> Check to be sure that System Restore hasn't been turned on. That happens all

> the time with USB external drives on my setup.

>

> --

> Bob

> http://www.kanyak.com

>

>

>