Safely Remove Hardware

Windows XP pro SP2

Should the, "Safely Remove Hardware" icon be on all the time?

I have a HP 7450 photosmart printer (DOT4USB) attached permanently and a USB
mass storage device (F drive which I remove and plug in as the mood sees
fit. Both devices are on under the Safely Remove Hardware icon when I switch
on the computer.

 

| Windows XP pro SP2
|
| Should the, "Safely Remove Hardware" icon be on all the time?
|
| I have a HP 7450 photosmart printer (DOT4USB) attached permanently and a
USB
| mass storage device (F drive which I remove and plug in as the mood sees
| fit. Both devices are on under the Safely Remove Hardware icon when I
switch
| on the computer.
|
|
Yes - that icon should be on any time there is a device attached which could
potentially lose data by disconnecting improperly. Your USB F: drive is
obvious - and I'd guess your photosmart printer has a card slot for a camera
memory card, correct? That would be why it has the icon in question.

So the reminder goes here: use the icon to turn off the device(s) before
unplugging them!

 

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| || Windows XP pro SP2
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|| Should the, "Safely Remove Hardware" icon be on all the time?
||
|| I have a HP 7450 photosmart printer (DOT4USB) attached permanently and a
| USB
|| mass storage device (F drive which I remove and plug in as the mood sees
|| fit. Both devices are on under the Safely Remove Hardware icon when I
| switch
|| on the computer.
||
||
| Yes - that icon should be on any time there is a device attached which could
| potentially lose data by disconnecting improperly. Your USB F: drive is
| obvious - and I'd guess your photosmart printer has a card slot for a camera
| memory card, correct? That would be why it has the icon in question.
|
| So the reminder goes here: use the icon to turn off the device(s) before
| unplugging them!
|
|

Yes the HP printer has slots for memory cards. I do remember to click and safely remove the USB pen drive thingy, but it and the
printer keep coming back after a restart.

 

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|| ||| Windows XP pro SP2
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||| Should the, "Safely Remove Hardware" icon be on all the time?
|||
||| I have a HP 7450 photosmart printer (DOT4USB) attached permanently and a
|| USB
||| mass storage device (F drive which I remove and plug in as the mood
sees
||| fit. Both devices are on under the Safely Remove Hardware icon when I
|| switch
||| on the computer.
|||
|||
|| Yes - that icon should be on any time there is a device attached which
could
|| potentially lose data by disconnecting improperly. Your USB F: drive is
|| obvious - and I'd guess your photosmart printer has a card slot for a
camera
|| memory card, correct? That would be why it has the icon in question.
||
|| So the reminder goes here: use the icon to turn off the device(s) before
|| unplugging them!
||
||
|
| Yes the HP printer has slots for memory cards. I do remember to click and
safely remove the USB pen drive thingy, but it and the
| printer keep coming back after a restart.
|
As long as that printer is (in your words) "attached permanently" that icon
will keep coming back.

 

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||| |||| Windows XP pro SP2
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|||| Should the, "Safely Remove Hardware" icon be on all the time?
||||
|||| I have a HP 7450 photosmart printer (DOT4USB) attached permanently and a
||| USB
|||| mass storage device (F drive which I remove and plug in as the mood
| sees
|||| fit. Both devices are on under the Safely Remove Hardware icon when I
||| switch
|||| on the computer.
||||
||||
||| Yes - that icon should be on any time there is a device attached which
| could
||| potentially lose data by disconnecting improperly. Your USB F: drive is
||| obvious - and I'd guess your photosmart printer has a card slot for a
| camera
||| memory card, correct? That would be why it has the icon in question.
|||
||| So the reminder goes here: use the icon to turn off the device(s) before
||| unplugging them!
|||
|||
||
|| Yes the HP printer has slots for memory cards. I do remember to click and
| safely remove the USB pen drive thingy, but it and the
|| printer keep coming back after a restart.
||
| As long as that printer is (in your words) "attached permanently" that icon
| will keep coming back.
|


Ok, that's fair enough. But why does my USB pen drive keep asking to Safely Remove even though hasn't been plugged in in days (and
was "Safely Removed")?
|

 

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||||| Should the, "Safely Remove Hardware" icon be on all the time?
|||||
||||| I have a HP 7450 photosmart printer (DOT4USB) attached permanently and
a
|||| USB
||||| mass storage device (F drive which I remove and plug in as the mood
|| sees
||||| fit. Both devices are on under the Safely Remove Hardware icon when I
|||| switch
||||| on the computer.
|||||
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|||| Yes - that icon should be on any time there is a device attached which
|| could
|||| potentially lose data by disconnecting improperly. Your USB F: drive is
|||| obvious - and I'd guess your photosmart printer has a card slot for a
|| camera
|||| memory card, correct? That would be why it has the icon in question.
||||
|||| So the reminder goes here: use the icon to turn off the device(s)
before
|||| unplugging them!
||||
||||
|||
||| Yes the HP printer has slots for memory cards. I do remember to click
and
|| safely remove the USB pen drive thingy, but it and the
||| printer keep coming back after a restart.
|||
|| As long as that printer is (in your words) "attached permanently" that
icon
|| will keep coming back.
||
|
|
| Ok, that's fair enough. But why does my USB pen drive keep asking to
Safely Remove even though hasn't been plugged in in days (and
| was "Safely Removed")?
|
My first guess is that Windows is not deleting the unit from your system
device list. That way it recognises it faster next time you plug it in. But
that's only a guess.