David, mine does the same thing. I am running Vista on a Dell Inspiron, what
do you have?
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
Quote:
> But did you reboot the machine after unplugging the problematic devices?
>
> "David" <David@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:CAFFC10E-D2CE-4EC4-85A7-15089DC7BB23@xxxxxx Quote:
> >I plugged and unplugged my flash drives. It hasn't beeped much in the last
> > hour, but it did beep once or twice!
> >
> > "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
> > Quote:
> >> Unplug and reboot to clear everything.
> >>
> >> "David" <David@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:29C3EF04-5377-4FFB-B10A-CD829B4A3E2E@xxxxxx
> >> >I assumed that what both terms meant.....just wanted to be sure.
> >> > Thanks for the assistance. I'll keep plugging and unplugging.
> >> > Something's
> >> > gotta give.
> >> >
> >> > "Bob F." wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> 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
> >> >> >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:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> 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
> >> >> >> >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?
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
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