Is it normal for Win11 to not offer an option to Safely Remove external NVME drives? When I power on the enclosure, I get the "thumb drive" icon near the clock and (initialized) drives operate normally, but when it's time to eject, I click that same thumb drive icon in the system tray, but there's no Safely Remove Hardware option.
In Device Manager, under the NVME disk drives, in the Policies tab, I selected "Better Performance" (which requires you to Safely Remove Hardware) and I have "Enable Write Caching" ticked below that, but still not seeing an option to safely remove or eject.
Is this normal behavior for Windows 11? Is there any way to get the Safely Remove Hardware option back? I'd feel uncomfortable merely turning off the enclosure or disconnecting the USB connection. Thanks so much.
To add: This is the (dual bay) NVME enclosure I just purchased and added two Samsung 980 (non pro) NVME sticks): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B82K9SN5/ref=ask_ql_qh_dp_hza
In Device Manager, under the NVME disk drives, in the Policies tab, I selected "Better Performance" (which requires you to Safely Remove Hardware) and I have "Enable Write Caching" ticked below that, but still not seeing an option to safely remove or eject.
Is this normal behavior for Windows 11? Is there any way to get the Safely Remove Hardware option back? I'd feel uncomfortable merely turning off the enclosure or disconnecting the USB connection. Thanks so much.
To add: This is the (dual bay) NVME enclosure I just purchased and added two Samsung 980 (non pro) NVME sticks): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B82K9SN5/ref=ask_ql_qh_dp_hza
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 11 Pro 22621.1555
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Lenovo Legion T5 26IAB7
- CPU
- i7-12700
- Memory
- 32 GB DDR5
- Graphics Card(s)
- RTX 3060