re: No "Safely remove USB storage device" in Vista? Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 6:19 am Windows Vista Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Deb (1434 messages posted) Hi Jim No, you can safely shut down your laptop with the external drive still plugged in, then once shut down you can unplug external drive. On Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 6:07 am, Jim McDonald wrote: >Hi Deb: >Sp1 is preinstalled with Vista. When I bought it it said Vista Home premium with >SP1. It is just a few days brand new! >Will it hurt the hard drive when you turn off the laptop without that icon being >shut down too? > >Thanks Deb you are a great help. I believe the other "hidden folders" problem was >solved . >Jim > > Written in response to: re: No "Safely remove USB storage device" in Vista? (Jim McDonald: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 6:07 am) Responses to this message: re: No "Safely remove USB storage device" in Vista? (Deb: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 6:28 am) All messages in this thread [show all] No "Safely remove USB storage device" in Vista? (Jim McDonald: Wed, Jan 14, 2009, 5:30 am) re: No "Safely remove USB storage device" in Vista? (Jim McDonald: Wed, Jan 14, 2009, 5:35 am) re: No "Safely remove USB storage device" in Vista? (Deb: Wed, Jan 14, 2009, 5:46 am) re: No "Safely remove USB storage device" in Vista? (Jim McDonald: Wed, Jan 14, 2009, 6:07 am) re: No "Safely remove USB storage device" in Vista? (Deb: Wed, Jan 14, 2009, 6:19 am) re: No "Safely remove USB storage device" in Vista? (Deb: Wed, Jan 14, 2009, 6:28 am) re: No "Safely remove USB storage device" in Vista? (Jim McDonald: Wed, Jan 14, 2009, 12:16 pm) re: No "Safely remove USB storage device" in Vista? (Deb: Wed, Jan 14, 2009, 1:40 pm) re: No "Safely remove USB storage device" in Vista? (Dan Sarandrea, MCSE: Wed, Jan 14, 2009, 7:09 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Vista Discussion Forum