Safely Remove Hardware icon doesn't appear

When I use a USB thumb drive in one machine, a laptop, running WinXP I don't
get the icon to Safely Remove Hardware. It doesn't matter which thumb drive
I use, and I get the message for these thumb drives on other machines. I am
not hiding inactive icons. The thumb drive contents show up in explorer.

How can I get this to reappear, or is there another method I can use to stop
the process? It's using USB 1.0 on the laptop.

Thanks

Mich

smlunatick
Fri May 02 13:09:12 PDT 2008

On May 2, 10:29=A0am, "M Skabialka" <mskabia...@NOSPAMdrc.com> wrote:
> When I use a USB thumb drive in one machine, a laptop, running WinXP I don=
't
> get the icon to Safely Remove Hardware. =A0It doesn't matter which thumb d=
rive
> I use, and I get the message for these thumb drives on other machines. =A0=
I am
> not hiding inactive icons. =A0The thumb drive contents show up in explorer=
.
>
> How can I get this to reappear, or is there another method I can use to st=
op
> the process? =A0It's using USB 1.0 on the laptop.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mich

Goto

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

and try #5

M
Tue May 06 02:01:18 PDT 2008


"M Skabialka" <mskabialka@NOSPAMdrc.com> wrote in message
news:OSK%232DGrIHA.1316@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> When I use a USB thumb drive in one machine, a laptop, running WinXP I
> don't get the icon to Safely Remove Hardware. It doesn't matter which
> thumb drive I use, and I get the message for these thumb drives on other
> machines. I am not hiding inactive icons. The thumb drive contents show
> up in explorer.
>
> How can I get this to reappear, or is there another method I can use to
> stop the process? It's using USB 1.0 on the laptop.
>

Your thumb drive is set up for 'Optimise for fast removal'. Consequently,
it doesn't appear in Safely Remove Hardware because it doesn't require
stopping. I would not advise you the change this arrangement. It is
obviously set up for 'Optimise for speed' on the other machines, hence the
drive has to be stopped to force a cache flush.