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I cannot remove and external drive using the safely remove hardware it keeps say

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How can I remove the external drive? Thanks

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Right click on the removabe hardware icon on the bottom of the desktop,Select Safely Remove Hardware,Click Stop,Then select ur deice and click oK1

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Reply to Aneesh@4GHz

Go to the Device Manager > Disk Drives > Right click on the drive you want to unplug > Policies Tab

Make sure Optimize for quick removal is checked.

If it is already, you may unplug the drive without worry. If it is not (Optimize for performance is checked instead), check it now. Watch for any activity lights on the drive. If the drive shows no more activity for a minute, you can then unplug it.

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