Unable to safely remove drive

[Guest Robert S]

I have a firewire hard drive used for backup purposes (Norton Ghost).

Although no programs appear to be using it I get a message saying "one or

more programs is using this device . . " when I try to safely remove it by

clicking on the icon in the system tray.

 

Is there a program that will find out what is using the drive so we can stop

it?

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[Guest Rey Santos]

RE: Unable to safely remove drive

 

See if you have InCD.exe running in your Task Manager (CTRL+Alt+Del) and stop

the process. Just run it again if you need it. It is program for Nero to

enable dragging and dropping files to copy.

 

You cana also try:

USB Disk Ejector 1.1.2

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/USB-Disk-Ejector.shtml

 

USB Disk Ejector is a small, simple and easy-to-use program that allows you

to quickly remove USB devices in Windows XP. Its essentially a replacement

for the 'safely remove hardware' feature. It will reveal the program using

the drive.

--

Rey

 

 

"Robert S" wrote:

> I have a firewire hard drive used for backup purposes (Norton Ghost).

> Although no programs appear to be using it I get a message saying "one or

> more programs is using this device . . " when I try to safely remove it by

> clicking on the icon in the system tray.

>

> Is there a program that will find out what is using the drive so we can stop

> it?

> --

>

>

>

>

[Guest Robert S]

Re: Unable to safely remove drive

 

We don't have InCD running.

 

Unfortunately its a firewire disk and USB Disk Ejector doesn't seem to

recognise it.

 

Robert.

> See if you have InCD.exe running in your Task Manager (CTRL+Alt+Del) and

> stop

> the process. Just run it again if you need it. It is program for Nero to

> enable dragging and dropping files to copy.

>

> You cana also try:

> USB Disk Ejector 1.1.2

> http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/USB-Disk-Ejector.shtml

>

> USB Disk Ejector is a small, simple and easy-to-use program that allows

> you

> to quickly remove USB devices in Windows XP. Its essentially a replacement

> for the 'safely remove hardware' feature. It will reveal the program using

> the drive.

> --

> Rey

>

>

> "Robert S" wrote:

>

>> I have a firewire hard drive used for backup purposes (Norton Ghost).

>> Although no programs appear to be using it I get a message saying "one or

>> more programs is using this device . . " when I try to safely remove it

>> by

>> clicking on the icon in the system tray.

>>

>> Is there a program that will find out what is using the drive so we can

>> stop

>> it?

>> --

>>

>>

>>

>>

[Guest Tonnie]

Re: Unable to safely remove drive

 

On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:35:52 +1000, "Robert S"

<robert_s@emailme.net.au> wrote:

>I have a firewire hard drive used for backup purposes (Norton Ghost).

>Although no programs appear to be using it I get a message saying "one or

>more programs is using this device . . " when I try to safely remove it by

>clicking on the icon in the system tray.

>

>Is there a program that will find out what is using the drive so we can stop

>it?

 

try unlocker: http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

 

good luck!

 

--

All your hours are wings that beat through space from self to

self. Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

[Guest Rey Santos]

Re: Unable to safely remove drive

 

Try:

USBEject 1.00 Trial Version (good for 10 runs)

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/USBEject.shtml

 

USBEject works with the following devices:

· USB Flash Drive (Flash Drive, Flash Memory, Pen Drive);

· USB Hard Disk;

· Firewire Hard Disk.

 

--

Rey

 

 

"Robert S" wrote:

> We don't have InCD running.

>

> Unfortunately its a firewire disk and USB Disk Ejector doesn't seem to

> recognise it.

>

> Robert.

> > See if you have InCD.exe running in your Task Manager (CTRL+Alt+Del) and

> > stop

> > the process. Just run it again if you need it. It is program for Nero to

> > enable dragging and dropping files to copy.

> >

> > You cana also try:

> > USB Disk Ejector 1.1.2

> > http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/USB-Disk-Ejector.shtml

> >

> > USB Disk Ejector is a small, simple and easy-to-use program that allows

> > you

> > to quickly remove USB devices in Windows XP. Its essentially a replacement

> > for the 'safely remove hardware' feature. It will reveal the program using

> > the drive.

> > --

> > Rey

> >

> >

> > "Robert S" wrote:

> >

> >> I have a firewire hard drive used for backup purposes (Norton Ghost).

> >> Although no programs appear to be using it I get a message saying "one or

> >> more programs is using this device . . " when I try to safely remove it

> >> by

> >> clicking on the icon in the system tray.

> >>

> >> Is there a program that will find out what is using the drive so we can

> >> stop

> >> it?

> >> --

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >>

>

>

>

[Guest Robert S]

[PLAIN]Re: Unable to safely remove drive [FIXED][/PLAIN]

 

Re: Unable to safely remove drive [FIXED]

 

Hi.

 

Thanks for the tips.

 

I downloaded a process watcher and found the application that was using the

drive - PC-Cillin. I was able to able to remove the drive after switching

this off.

 

 

"Rey Santos" <ReySantos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:327F3026-88C1-42CD-965C-60B0CD26F22D@microsoft.com...

> Try:

> USBEject 1.00 Trial Version (good for 10 runs)

> http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/USBEject.shtml

>

> USBEject works with the following devices:

> · USB Flash Drive (Flash Drive, Flash Memory, Pen Drive);

> · USB Hard Disk;

> · Firewire Hard Disk.

>

> --

> Rey

>

>

> "Robert S" wrote:

>

>> We don't have InCD running.

>>

>> Unfortunately its a firewire disk and USB Disk Ejector doesn't seem to

>> recognise it.

>>

>> Robert.

>> > See if you have InCD.exe running in your Task Manager (CTRL+Alt+Del)

>> > and

>> > stop

>> > the process. Just run it again if you need it. It is program for Nero

>> > to

>> > enable dragging and dropping files to copy.

>> >

>> > You cana also try:

>> > USB Disk Ejector 1.1.2

>> > http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/USB-Disk-Ejector.shtml

>> >

>> > USB Disk Ejector is a small, simple and easy-to-use program that allows

>> > you

>> > to quickly remove USB devices in Windows XP. Its essentially a

>> > replacement

>> > for the 'safely remove hardware' feature. It will reveal the program

>> > using

>> > the drive.

>> > --

>> > Rey

>> >

>> >

>> > "Robert S" wrote:

>> >

>> >> I have a firewire hard drive used for backup purposes (Norton Ghost).

>> >> Although no programs appear to be using it I get a message saying "one

>> >> or

>> >> more programs is using this device . . " when I try to safely remove

>> >> it

>> >> by

>> >> clicking on the icon in the system tray.

>> >>

>> >> Is there a program that will find out what is using the drive so we

>> >> can

>> >> stop

>> >> it?

>> >> --

>> >>

>> >>

>> >>

>> >>

>>

>>

>>

[Guest Plato]

Re: Unable to safely remove drive

 

Robert S wrote:

>

> I have a firewire hard drive used for backup purposes (Norton Ghost).

> Although no programs appear to be using it I get a message saying "one or

> more programs is using this device . . " when I try to safely remove it by

> clicking on the icon in the system tray.

 

Yet another Norton niggle, comes with using/trusting anything Norton.