Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media issue.


Fabler2 said:
Defender has the same.
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I think all the different AV's about have pretty much the same features now, I looked at a "best Of " guide and they all ranked highly
 

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jvickers said:
I often have to attempt to remove the connected device more than once in order for it to properly eject. Sometimes, I have to do it four or five times
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Mine is the same, It is always first time with the 3.2 Gen 1 drives
 

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jvickers said:
Hi, @blasirl. I was just backing up my system. I have only one USB-C port, so I switch SSDs from my work drive to my backup drive. I noticed that I often have to attempt to remove the connected device more than once in order for it to properly eject. Sometimes, I have to do it four or five times. Have you tried something like that to see if it works?
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I did before I posted here. I initially had thought my external drive had finally booted and that was why it would not eject, but I am no longer sure.
 

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This took me awhile to figure out. Thought this would help other people.
Open event viewer. Select Windows Logs on the left. Select system also on the left. You are likely to have a lot error messages. Select filter current log on the right. On the line above task category type 225 for the event id. Read the messages and you will get clues why you can not safely remove hardware.

Here is a video for reference.


RemoveDrive

USB Disk Ejector
quickandeasysoftware.net

USB Disk Ejector

A program that allows you to quickly remove USB (and firewire) drives in Windows. It contains many features and flexible options.
quickandeasysoftware.net quickandeasysoftware.net

A less effective method is to use Process Explorer. I have had less success with this one.
Run process explorer, Find menu, Find Handle or DLL... or hit Ctrl+F, Enter only the drive letter (followed by ":\") in the search text box
learn.microsoft.com

Process Explorer - Sysinternals

Find out what files, registry keys and other objects processes have open, which DLLs they have loaded, and more.
learn.microsoft.com

LockHunter

LockHunter is a free 64/32 bit tool to delete files blocked by any processes

LockHunter is a foolproof file unlocker for 32 and 64 Windows
lockhunter.com

My favorite answer. A faster version of the first one. Open a command prompt or powershell.

Code: 
wevtutil qe System /q:"*[System[(EventID=225)]]" /c:5 /f:text /rd:true

A lot of good options here

Microsoft's PowerToys - File Locksmith, You need to run this as an admin for it to work. Does not always work.
learn.microsoft.com

PowerToys File Locksmith utility for Windows

A Windows shell extension for checking which files are in use and by which processes.
learn.microsoft.com
 

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