'safely remove hardware' icon

Just got my pc back from the workshop, new motherboard and fresh install of
everything.

The 'safely remove hardware' icon is in the tray down by the clock.

When I click on it, it tells me that it is the samsung SATA hard drive which
I think is either my own hard drive thats inside my pc, ( I have 2), or it's
possibly something the technician used at some point through the USB
perhaps.

I don't want to click and delete my hard drive! whats this safe;y remove
hardware all about? Once its disconnected, is it safe for removal whatever
the circumstances?

Tony

 

Just got my pc back from the workshop, new motherboard and fresh install

I have 2 SATA drives in my pc, thats why I said SATA, on closer inspection,
the safely remove hardware icon gives me ATA not SATA, I do appologise, do
you think it's OK to remove it without deleting my hard drive?

 

Aw go ahead...you can always plug it back in.
FWIW, I've got 2 SATA'a too and I seriously doubt I could "remove" one
by clicking an icon. I mean they weigh a couple of pounds at least. I
doubt an icon could even lift one much less remove it.

BTW, on a semi-related subject, do you Brits get confused when you're
taking about things weighing "pounds"? Do you have to say "I mean
weight, not money" all the time? Or is that why you use kilos instead?
And if you were to describe the real weight of a kilo, i.e., 2.2
pounds, do you get all confused again?

TIA
SilverMan
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its grams, ounces and kilos where I'm from.

 

Aw go ahead...you can always plug it back in.

I stopped it by clicking on the icon and pressing stop, then my hard drive
dissapeared! It came back on reboot, but the damn icon still keeps coming up
in the bottom right and its trying to persuading me to remove both my hard
drives by removing the hardware?!!!

Why would it do this? Hard drives in my pc are hardly removable usb hardware
surely?

p.s. Also since I installed my printer last night, connected to the usb,
it's got the printer on the list of things to remove now.

Tony

 

Context is all; we also have the alternative word 'Quid' for the unit of
currency. Of course, that word has other meanings too, but again context
is your guide.

For some years now, our official weights and measures have been 'metric',
which tends to clarify meaning still further; but many of us oldies still
ask for 'a pound of this' or 'two pounds of spuds', as well as the equally
unambiguous "give 'er ten quids' worth please" if appropriate.

 

That can show up if you are using Nvidia motherboard drivers as they
recognise the SATA drive as being hot-swappable (which is part of the SATA
spec). Reverting to Windows drivers should remove the drives from the safely
remove hardware list.

Not sure why, does the printer include a card reader?

 

|>> Aw go ahead...you can always plug it back in.
|>> FWIW, I've got 2 SATA'a too and I seriously doubt I could "remove" one
|>> by clicking an icon. I mean they weigh a couple of pounds at least. I
|>> doubt an icon could even lift one much less remove it.
|>
|>
|>I stopped it by clicking on the icon and pressing stop, then my hard drive
|>dissapeared! It came back on reboot, but the damn icon still keeps coming up
|>in the bottom right and its trying to persuading me to remove both my hard
|>drives by removing the hardware?!!!
|>
|>Why would it do this? Hard drives in my pc are hardly removable usb hardware
|>surely?
|>
|>p.s. Also since I installed my printer last night, connected to the usb,
|>it's got the printer on the list of things to remove now.

Explorer, right click on the device, properties, Hardware Tab, select
the device, properties, Policies Tab and select quick removal.

Might do it..

 

|>
|>|>> Aw go ahead...you can always plug it back in.
|>|>> FWIW, I've got 2 SATA'a too and I seriously doubt I could "remove" one
|>|>> by clicking an icon. I mean they weigh a couple of pounds at least. I
|>|>> doubt an icon could even lift one much less remove it.
|>|>
|>|>
|>|>I stopped it by clicking on the icon and pressing stop, then my hard drive
|>|>dissapeared! It came back on reboot, but the damn icon still keeps coming up
|>|>in the bottom right and its trying to persuading me to remove both my hard
|>|>drives by removing the hardware?!!!
|>|>
|>|>Why would it do this? Hard drives in my pc are hardly removable usb hardware
|>|>surely?
|>|>
|>|>p.s. Also since I installed my printer last night, connected to the usb,
|>|>it's got the printer on the list of things to remove now.
|>
|>Explorer, right click on the device, properties, Hardware Tab, select
|>the device, properties, Policies Tab and select quick removal.
|>
|>Might do it..

One Should also run ERUNT
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/ before doing
something like this to a hard drive.

 

Yes it has one built in and the first thing I did after I installed it was
to put a memory card in there to test it out and make sure it works. Then
after rebooting I found that the whole thing had managed to uninstall itself
some how so I had to install it again. Thats when I noticed the extra device
under 'remove hardware'.

 

Explorer, right click on the device, properties, Hardware Tab, select

Tried that, still there though

Thanks for recomending that backup program, thought system restore did al
lthat but I guess it has it advantages over system restore. Not sure I want
to venture into installing something on my pc that I know nothing about.

Cheers.

 

|>> Explorer, right click on the device, properties, Hardware Tab, select
|>> the device, properties, Policies Tab and select quick removal.
|>>
|>> Might do it..
|>
|>
|>
|>Tried that, still there though
|>
|>Thanks for recomending that backup program, thought system restore did al
|>lthat but I guess it has it advantages over system restore. Not sure I want
|>to venture into installing something on my pc that I know nothing about.
|>
|>Cheers.
|>

ERUNT was very much called for in this case; if XP didn't see your
drive you might not be able to even boot up let alone run restore.

With ERUNT you are able to access the system from XP CD or in my case
just go to another OS and run ERUNT - All fix'd

ERUNT is also what you would call a stand alone program, it installs
to it's own directory not spreading itself all over the OS - there's
not even an add/remove entry for it as you just delete the dir if you
want to remove it.

http://www.pcug.org.au/~boesen/ERUNT/ERUNT.htm