Vista - Problem ejecting USB mass storage device

when i select to safely remove my usb stick, i get the following error;

"Windows cant stop your Generic Volume device because it is in use." etc.

now, ive used Process Explorer to try to find what process has a handle on
my usb, but a search yields no results, there is nothing binding my usb!

im using the same usb (DSE MicroDrive) that i used to use on my xp machine.
this only started on this xp machine.

any advice would be appreciated!!

Mel,

If it were me with this issue, I'd just go ahead and remove the USB stick
and not be concerned with the message. That message is intended to make sure
you don't remove it before all data has been written, to prevent interruption
of data transfer. That's what the "safely remove" part of the message means.
If you're finished and data transfer is done, just go ahead and remove the
device. In the past, some people unplugged their USB devices before data
transfer completed and thus lost data. So, Microsoft came up with this
procedure to prevent that.
--
freddy


"Mel" wrote:

> when i select to safely remove my usb stick, i get the following error;
>
> "Windows cant stop your Generic Volume device because it is in use." etc.
>
> now, ive used Process Explorer to try to find what process has a handle on
> my usb, but a search yields no results, there is nothing binding my usb!
>
> im using the same usb (DSE MicroDrive) that i used to use on my xp machine.
> this only started on this xp machine.
>
> any advice would be appreciated!!

Mel,

If you were using Windows Explorer to access the USB device, you should
close that first. Just a thought.
"Mel" <mel44@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1A17E6B7-B14B-47A7-8952-930A85EC876B@microsoft.com...
> when i select to safely remove my usb stick, i get the following error;
>
> "Windows cant stop your Generic Volume device because it is in use." etc.
>
> now, ive used Process Explorer to try to find what process has a handle on
> my usb, but a search yields no results, there is nothing binding my usb!
>
> im using the same usb (DSE MicroDrive) that i used to use on my xp
> machine.
> this only started on this xp machine.
>
> any advice would be appreciated!!

i duno, im not comfortable just pulling it out. i have really important
documents, i wouldnt want to lose. either way, its the principle of the
matter, something is not right, and id rather fix it the proper way

"freddy" wrote:

> Mel,
>
> If it were me with this issue, I'd just go ahead and remove the USB stick
> and not be concerned with the message. That message is intended to make sure
> you don't remove it before all data has been written, to prevent interruption
> of data transfer. That's what the "safely remove" part of the message means.
> If you're finished and data transfer is done, just go ahead and remove the
> device. In the past, some people unplugged their USB devices before data
> transfer completed and thus lost data. So, Microsoft came up with this
> procedure to prevent that.
> --
> freddy
>
>
> "Mel" wrote:
>
> > when i select to safely remove my usb stick, i get the following error;
> >
> > "Windows cant stop your Generic Volume device because it is in use." etc.
> >
> > now, ive used Process Explorer to try to find what process has a handle on
> > my usb, but a search yields no results, there is nothing binding my usb!
> >
> > im using the same usb (DSE MicroDrive) that i used to use on my xp machine.
> > this only started on this xp machine.
> >
> > any advice would be appreciated!!

I with you. I also have the same problem as you do.

"Mel" wrote:

> i duno, im not comfortable just pulling it out. i have really important
> documents, i wouldnt want to lose. either way, its the principle of the
> matter, something is not right, and id rather fix it the proper way
>