re: remove hardware icon Monday, March 20, 2006 at 6:10 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Larry (1364 messages posted) No software will be removed, it only shuts down hardware and any associated drivers so that hardware can be safely removed from a running system, more to PROTECT the software than the hardware actually. For example, I have a laptop that I use with a wireless adapter plugged into one of the PCMCIA expansion slots on the side. If I need to remove it without shutting the system down, I simply click the remove device icon and in a few seconds it tells me it's now safe to remove it. When I plug the adapter back in and power up again, Windows detects it and everything works just as before. No drivers or other software is "lost". I can even plug the card into the machine while it's powered up and Windows will detect it and start it up. On Sunday, March 19, 2006 at 3:00 pm, Jen wrote: >My fear would be that I would not have the proper software required to reinstall. >They no longer give you much software with a new PC. Most of it is preinstalled. >We do have a recovery drive which is suppose to cover that if something were to happen. Written in response to: re: remove hardware icon (Jen: Sunday, March 19, 2006 at 3:00 pm) Responses to this message: re: remove hardware icon (Jen: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at 11:59 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] remove hardware icon (Jen: Fri, Mar 17, 2006, 1:45 am) re: remove hardware icon (Michael: Fri, Mar 17, 2006, 6:21 am) re: remove hardware icon (Jen: Thu, Mar 23, 2006, 12:14 am) re: remove hardware icon (Larry: Fri, Mar 17, 2006, 9:05 am) re: remove hardware icon (Jen: Sun, Mar 19, 2006, 3:00 pm) re: remove hardware icon (Larry: Mon, Mar 20, 2006, 6:10 am) re: remove hardware icon (Jen: Wed, Mar 22, 2006, 11:59 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 XP Discussion Forum