Dear Friends,
Well, I guess I have been messing up!
I never heard of this:
the safely remove hardware option
for unplugging external devices
I often plug my thumb drive in and out, often use a "Zip Drive" to transfer
data from my new computer to my old computer which has Windows 98 on it and
will not support a "thumb Drive".
I have even unplugged one of my external T-Drives and taken it over to a
friend's house come back home and re-plugged it!
Am I taking some kind of chance or doing something bad?
I am using XP-Home, Windows 9.0.519 I E 7
This has me worried.
What do you folks think?
I have never experienced any thing abnormal, no strange messages when
unplugging or re-plugging my external devices in or out!
Thanks for your comments!
With Best Regards,
Alan
Miami, Florida
----- Original Message -----
From: "jason smith" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 3:49 AM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] question about the safely remove hardware option
Hi list,
I am about to start using a USB flashdrive to copy some files from my
desktop. So that I can use these files on my notebook. Rather than using
floppy disks(yes I have still been using floppy disks smile).
I know that when using things like flash drives and external drives
etc. That you should use the safely remove hardware option before
unplugging such devices. I wanted the safely remove hardware option to
always appear in my system tray. So I went in and unchecked the "always
hide unused icons" checkbox. The safely remove hardware option, is now
always appearing in my system tray like I wanted. However, if I enter on
this option. It lists "USB mass storage device". However, I don't have any
such device connected. I have not yet started using either the flashdrive
or my external harddrive. So what would it be referring to? And is
unchecking this hide unused icons option a good idea? Or will I be giving
myself problems in the future?
Thanks Jason
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