Questions tagged [eject]
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"Device not configured" after external HD improperly unmounted
I accidently unplugged my external HD before the eject was done :-/
/Volumes/Red is still there and can't be deleted.
The HD still mounts but as /Volumes/Red 1.
How can I remove /Volumes/Red?
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How To Choose Which Devices Show Up in "Eject Media" in Windows 10?
My "Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media" menu looks like this:
The "USB 2.0 BILLBOARD" refers to the displays on the CPU's integrated graphics over the USB-C connection. I'm ...
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How to remove a drive for USB-stick which is greyed out although no USB-stick is plugged in anymore?
Drives taken by USB-sticks remain greyed out (see D:\ and M:\ in screen-shot) although the USB-sticks are ejected properly by Safely Remove Hardware. The command net use does not list these drives ...
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How to eject an external USB hard drive on Windows
I have a bunch of USB hard drives, but it's very annoying to use them since it's extremely hard to safely eject them. I can of course pull the cable out but then the hard drive heads park abruptly and ...
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New external SSD acting up, no eject option
I just got myself an ORICO M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure USB-C Adapter and put an unused NVMe 1.3 into it (512GB).
When I tried to eject it in the file explorer, there was no eject option, though the format ...
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USB icon (system tray) not working
I have an issue, my USB system tray icon stops working after ejecting a drive; so, after successfully ejecting a disk, does no longer responds to any click, right-click, double-click, does not matter. ...
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How to make my external HDD recognized as removable device?
I have an external HDD when I plug it to my pc (Windows 11) it works fine, but the problem is that windows treat it as internal (not removable device) so I can't eject it safely
So my question is how ...
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External Drive with bitlocker enabled will not eject from Windows 10
External SSD with bitlocker enabled will not eject from Windows 10, the mbamagent.exe (bitlocker) is preventing the device from being stopped. This also happens with other USB hard drives without ...
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Eject/dismount a drive using PowerShell
I would like to eject/dismount an external USB drive via PowerShell.
Meaning, I want to replicate exactly the behaviour of these UI actions (Ejecting drive via Windows UI):
Currently I am using this ...
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Explorer.exe and System prevent the ejection of an external hard drive
I have an external hard drive that I could not eject despite all programs being closed.
I followed the instructions explained in this answer to check which process was preventing the drive from being ...
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Why does my dvd player eject spontaneously
Why does my dvd player eject spontaneously even while playing a dvd? This happens on Windows10, and a restart sometimes seems to fix the problem temporarily. I have searched google for this problem, ...
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Can't safely eject external hard drive on Windows 10. How to Solve it?
Whenever I am trying to eject my external hard drive I am getting "Problem Ejecting USB Mass Storage Device" alert and it is not allowing me to eject the device safely.
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How to uneject C drive
I ran the command mountvol c: /D in windows 10 and now the C drive is ejected. Even after a restart it is still ejected. Is there a way to uneject it? I do have a windows installation disk.
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How to eject external harddrive, if it's already offline?
I had issues ejecting 2 external harddrives. I got the usual
Problem Ejecting USB Mass Storage Device
This device is currently in use. Close any programs or windows that
might be using the device and ...
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Eject button is greyed out for external hard drive on Windows 10 [duplicate]
When right clicking my hard drive in This PC, there is no Eject option on the context menu.
Also the Eject button on the ribbon toolbar is greyed out so it won't let me click it. It only appears in ...
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