Pen drive is another name for a flash drive also sometimes called a thumb
drive...and others. "Needs to be satisfied" as the phrase implied mean "do
what it is asking". If it says "safely remove hardware" then do what it
takes to put in a state where you can do that, and do it. See what happens.
From here you might just find the right combination of plugging and
unplugging to stop your system from complaining.
--
Regards, BobF.
"David" <David@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ABBD4CFE-74FB-4612-A4A9-AB34262A38EF@xxxxxx
Quote:
>I only had 2 flash drives connected and my iPod. I don't know what a pen
> drive is nor what "needs to be satisfied" means. I did try to plug in the
> flash drives and iPod since then. They both disconnected safely, but I'm
> still getting the errors and sounds.
>
> David
>
> "Bob F." wrote:
> Quote:
>> Exclamation marks, red "x"'s. anything out of the ordinary. Did you
>> ever
>> have a pen drive connected? Maybe it needs to be satisfied if you did.
>> Plug one in, then remove it. Any other USB device may also fool it.
>>
>> --
>> Regards, BobF.
>> "David" <David@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:C7DB6958-6480-4D57-BB87-0EB6D904E0E0@xxxxxx Quote:
>> >I don't see anything unusual there. What should I be looking for?
>> > David
>> >
>> > "Bob F." wrote:
>> >
>> >> Anything show up in Device Manager?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Regards, BobF.
>> >> "David" <David@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:AFC2DDC7-8A50-447A-A508-8162763C64AC@xxxxxx
>> >> >I have no hardware connected to my laptop (no printers, flash drives,
>> >> >iPods,
>> >> > etc.), but the computer keeps making the "safely remove hardware"
>> >> > beep
>> >> > every
>> >> > few minutes. The icon to do this quickly appears on the bottom
>> >> > taskbar
>> >> > for a
>> >> > second. I was able to catch it and open it, but it shows no
>> >> > hardware.
>> >> > How
>> >> > can I stop the comoputer from thinking something is attached?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>>