#Get rid of zip archiver 4 windows#
Īctually, Windows disables write caching for USB drives (unlike the Mac), so you shouldn’t need to dismount it first so long as you are careful not to remove it when saving/copying to the drive. Look for the little USB icon in the system tray, click it and point to Eject.
Yes, I’ve been able to use that technique to remove a USB flash drive when the Safely Remove Hardware icon gets surly and won’t let it go, but unfortunately that doesn’t work for my 1TB USB HDD, as there is no “Eject” option shown when I right-click on the USB HDD in “My Computer.” It always works for me when the tray icon fails If you open ‘My Computer’ and right click on the drive you could try ‘eject’ from there. Whatever the cause may be of the flash drive message I’ve been getting, I’m pretty sure it’s not related to the SRH function. I’ve never been able to find a way to get the SRH function to release my 1TB HDD promptly, even though SRH releases it promptly on other machines, so I reluctantly have to close everything and shut down the computer to remove the HDD safely. My W7 desktop usually lets flash drives go without complaint, but generally refuses to let my 1TB backup USB HDD go, popping up a window that says it’s still in use. To answer your question, yes, I always click on the “Safely Remove Hardware” (SRH) icon before removing flash drives or other USB drives, even when it’s a royal pain. Yes, it takes time to keep it all up-to-date, but having had two HDDs freeze and die on me within the last two years (one less than a year old), I’m a staunch advocate, as you are, of “BACKUP…BACKUP…BACKUP.” That way, I can take two of the flash drives with me when I travel, just in case one should fail, while leaving my master copy at home for safekeeping.
#Get rid of zip archiver 4 portable#
I agree that flash drives can fail all too easily, which is why I backup my 1.7GB of portable apps and utilities to an image file on my HDD, then not only backup my HDD regularly, but also use that image file to copy (“Restore”) my portable apps and utilities to two other identical 4GB flash drives. Flash drives can be notoriously unpredictable and can fail without warning.ĭid you use the Right Click on the Flash Drive icon in the Taskbar and select Remove this device(not sure of exact wording) drive option before pulling it out? I would definitely use at least 2 flash drives for this.
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