re: external hard drive in use Monday, November 2, 2009 at 9:06 am Windows Vista Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Jack Shaw (148 messages posted) Yes, it is connected all the time. I can remove it when I shut down the desktop. But I really would prefer not to have to do that each time I want to disconnect it. I prefer to click on the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon and remove it that way. But even when nothing is being accessed on it and it is not humming, I get the "in use" message. Written in response to: re: external hard drive in use (MartinM: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 10:03 am) Responses to this message: re: external hard drive in use (MartinM: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 9:36 am) re: external hard drive in use (Adam Bradley: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 10:04 am) All messages in this thread [show all] external hard drive in use (Jack Shaw: Fri, Oct 30, 2009, 7:11 am) re: external hard drive in use (MartinM: Fri, Oct 30, 2009, 10:03 am) re: external hard drive in use (Jack Shaw: Mon, Nov 2, 2009, 9:06 am) re: external hard drive in use (MartinM: Mon, Nov 2, 2009, 9:36 am) re: external hard drive in use (Jack Shaw: Mon, Nov 2, 2009, 10:19 am) re: external hard drive in use (MartinM: Mon, Nov 2, 2009, 10:31 am) re: external hard drive in use (Adam Bradley: Mon, Nov 2, 2009, 10:04 am) re: external hard drive in use (Jack Shaw: Mon, Nov 2, 2009, 10:22 am) re: external hard drive in use (Adam Bradley: Mon, Nov 2, 2009, 10:51 am) re: external hard drive in use (Jack Shaw: Mon, Nov 2, 2009, 12:07 pm) re: external hard drive in use (MartinM: Mon, Nov 2, 2009, 1:26 pm) 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