Problems dismounting USB drive

[Guest Ken L]

I have a Win2003 Server Standard R2 w/SP2 with a USB-based hard drive

attached which is used for backups. This drive is swapped on a weekly basis

with it's "twin brother" (which remains offsite for disaster recovery

purposes).

 

Problem that I am having is when I use the system tray tool to "Safely

Remove Hardware". About 50 % of the time, the tool comes back and says the

drive is in use. If I shut down all the applications on the machine (but

not the services), it still says the drive is in use. I've checked the

computer management Shared Folders panel and it show no open files or

sessions. At this point, I believe it is one of the system services that

is preventing the drive from being dismounted. I can shutdown the system

and remove the drive while it is down, but I'd like to avoid re-booting this

system, if I can.

 

Can anyone suggest how I can track down the offending service or

application that is holding the share?

 

Thanks in advance for any help. Please post responses to the newsgroup.

 

Ken

[Guest Chris M]

Re: Problems dismounting USB drive

 

Ken L wrote:

> I have a Win2003 Server Standard R2 w/SP2 with a USB-based hard drive

> attached which is used for backups. This drive is swapped on a weekly basis

> with it's "twin brother" (which remains offsite for disaster recovery

> purposes).

>

> Problem that I am having is when I use the system tray tool to "Safely

> Remove Hardware". About 50 % of the time, the tool comes back and says the

> drive is in use. If I shut down all the applications on the machine (but

> not the services), it still says the drive is in use. I've checked the

> computer management Shared Folders panel and it show no open files or

> sessions. At this point, I believe it is one of the system services that

> is preventing the drive from being dismounted. I can shutdown the system

> and remove the drive while it is down, but I'd like to avoid re-booting this

> system, if I can.

>

> Can anyone suggest how I can track down the offending service or

> application that is holding the share?

>

> Thanks in advance for any help. Please post responses to the newsgroup.

 

Antivirus software scanning the drive?

 

Indexing service? Not sure if this would apply to removable drives.

 

Unlikely on a server, but something like Google Desktop search might be

indexing the contents.

 

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Chris M.

 

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