This option is normally displayed in the System Tray for mass storage
devices like external hard drives and flash drives which could suffer damage
with possible loss of data if they are unplugged prematurely. With some
flash drives, this icon may not always appear in the System Tray. However,
you can always show this icon for your flash drive by following these steps:
1. Press Windows key to launch Start menu.
2. Tab once to Task Bar, and press Alt-Enter to launch Task Bar Properties.
3. Tab to Notification Area Customize button and hit Space.
4. Tab to the list of icons and press S repeatedly until you land on Safely
Remove Hardware.
5. Right arrow once to the display behavior combo box, hit Enter and select
Always Show.
6. Tab to Okay, press Space, then tab again to Okay and press Space. The
Safely Remove Hardware icon will now always be displayed in the System Tray
whenever you connect your flash drive to aUSB port.
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "jason smith" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 8:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] is there a particular way to unplug a
flashdrive
Wow! thanks for such a fast reply Gerald.
So I take it, that once I plug the flash drive into the USB port, that
remove hardware option will appear? As it isn't there now. Even though, I
have the usual devices like a printer etc already plugged in. Or is it
only things like drives etc rather than the standard hardware devices
which need to have this safely remove hardware option?
Thanks Jason
Thanks----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Levy" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] is there a particular way to unplug a
flashdrive
You should select the Safely Remove Hardware option before unplugging
any device connected to a USB port. This includes flash drives as well
as external hard drives. You can find the Safely Remove Hardware option
on the System Tray, which you can access with JAWS by pressing JAWS
key -F11. The flash drive or external hard drive is normally assigned to
drive letter E.
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "jason smith" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 7:57 AM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] is there a particular way to unplug a flash
drive
Hi list,
I have a flash drive, that I want to start using instead of relying on
floppy disks, which tend to be more fragile. As I understand it, I just
plug the flash drive into one of the USB ports on my computer. And it
should show up as drive E in the "my computer" list. Is that correct?
From what I understand, when using a USB external hard drive, you
are meant to select the "safely remove hardware" option from somewhere
on the computer before unplugging the external drive from the computer?
Is this correct? And where do I find that option for when I start using
my external drive? Do you have to follow the same procedure for
unplugging a USB flash drive? And are Flash drives and USB hard drives
regarded as the same thing? As I have a 500 gig external hard drive. And
an only 1 gig flash drive.
Thanks Jason
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