Don The only choice I see similar to wat you mention below is the choice Eject? Would that be the same?
Al -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Donald Marang Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 7:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] is there a particular way to unplug aflashdrive The quickest way to perform this function that I know of is to select it from the context menu in Windows Explorer. With this method, there are no dialogs to respond to and it works for any drive letter. Just select the drive at the "Computer" level, press the Applications key, press "S" for "Safely remove" and hit Enter. Don Marang ----- Original Message ----- From: "Silly Goose" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 4:07 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] is there a particular way to unplug a flashdrive > If Safely remove hardware does not appear in the Systems tray I discovered > a > temporary fix. > Use Windows r to open the run dialog box and paste in the following > RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll > > Then press enter and the Safely Remove Hardware window opens. > > I just save the text in a document that can be opened and copied quickly > if > the need arises. > > Sherrie Gosling > > > > > > ----- 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/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
