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Safely remove my USB External SATA HD in Windows Vista
Safely remove my USB External SATA HD in Windows Vista
- Hi, all this is my problem, please can u solve this, i know that many users got this problem too. i got this question from : http://sekharpadikkal.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/solvedsafely-remove-a... USB-powered external hard disk In Vista, even after safely removing USB-powered external hard disk will not work in the same way as the safe removal would do in Windows XP. What it won’t do is powering down the hard drive(Hard Disk Wont spin down in vista). You will notice this when you unplug the USB cable, because of the clickin sound coming from the hard disk, similar to the one you would hear if the power supply got suddenly cut off. In my laptop... In XP, if i Safely remove the External SATA HD, the HD will spin down and OFF and ready to remove. but in Vista, if i Safely remove the external HD, my ext HD still On, if i unplug the USB cable, i hear cliking sound coming from my external HD. i'm affraid my external HD will crash, n i lose my file in my ext HD. why microsoft doesn't make similar condition like in XP while Safely Remove USB Mass Storage... thank you very much Mr Judd... from hendrico_kaya
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- I have been using WD External Hard Drives in my vista OS.. i never faced any such problems. it works just fine! i wonder who told you this!
