Hi All, i am new to this site, but i thought i would ask a question. my laptop is running vista home basic and when i try to eject my wd 1 tb external drive, i get a message saying that problem ejecting drive windows is running a program try again later. Has anyone else had or having this problem. Is there a solution. If there is a solution, please let me know. Thanks:sa:
problems with ejecting drive
- Thread starter copodd
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Is it indexing the drive? if you need to remove it and it won't stop running try restarting your computer it will end all processes and you will be able to remove it then. I have had this problem a couple of times never found what was causing it but task manager should be able to tell you what it is.
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Lenovo Thinkpad T400
- CPU
- Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53GHz
- Motherboard
- LENOVO 64734VM
- Memory
- 2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 531MHz
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
- Sound Card
- Conexant 20561 SmartAudio HD
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 15 inch
- Screen Resolution
- 1280 x 800
- Hard Drives
- 1x 180GB Intel 530 series SSD
1 x 120GB Hitachi 5400rmp
1 x 650GB Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
1x 1Tb Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
- Internet Speed
- Medium for New Zealand
- Other Info
- Weakest part of my computer is the graphics chipset.
Only ever used a laptop.
Also use USB Freeview TV Card
Lenovo Docking Station
External Speakers
Other bits a pieces as needed
Katokato
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Yeah probably windows is trying to index that drive. Unplug the external drive when your computer is turned off then since there is nothing running when your computer is turned off. <<-- simple as that.
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Hp pavillion a6110n
- CPU
- amd athlon 64 x2 live! 4400+
- Memory
- 4 gigs 3.3 useable
- Graphics Card(s)
- Finally! SAPPHIRE 100283L Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 12
- Monitor(s) Displays
- generic pnp monitor
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x1024
- Hard Drives
- 7.2k rpm
1 linux ubuntu partition
1 vista partition
1recovery partition
1 windows 7 partition
1linux swap partition
- PSU
- 500W, antc earthwatts EA500
- Case
- normal black case
- Cooling
- fans
- Keyboard
- saitek cyborg gaming keyboard
- Mouse
- logitech mouse (small to fit hand perfectly)
- Internet Speed
- dsl
- Other Info
- 2.3 ghz amd
I have found a solution. simply open my computer, right click on item you want to eject, scroll down to safely remove, click it and there you go it will eject with no windows bull****.