I installed: safely remove hardware, and all it does is say: device --- has been installed or device has been removed. It does not appear in the system tray; do I need help?? Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Justice" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 6:29 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] is there a particular way to unplug a flash drive
I'll add something else to Gerald's comments. If you plug and unplug a printer which functions through the USB port, the system calls it new hardware and duplicates what you may already have in your system. That can be a real trip. I once had 5 copies of my Brother printer before I realized what was happening. John Justice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Levy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 8:21 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] is there a particular way to unplug a flash drive > > 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 >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.425 / Virus Database: 270.14.57/2494 - Release Date: 11/10/09 07:38:00 For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
