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Problem stopping Aldi external drive

  • 17-03-2008 12:04am
    #1
    masterwriter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭


    Is anyone having trouble ejecting the 500 Gb Aldi drive. I get a message that it cannot be stopped, as it is being used by some program?


Comments

  • #2
    Kimbot
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 18,808 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kimbot


    Do you have it open in an explorer window??


  • #3
    masterwriter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭masterwriter


    jonny24ie wrote: »
    Do you have it open in an explorer window??
    No I have nothing open that is why I Can't understand problem stopping it. Can this be reformatted to NTFS?
    Thanks


  • #4
    gamer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,227 ✭✭✭gamer


    close explorer window, take out hd usb cable from pc, then knock off power the the usb drive,or else shut down pc.


  • #5
    masterwriter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭masterwriter


    gamer wrote: »
    close explorer window, take out hd usb cable from pc, then knock off power the the usb drive,or else shut down pc.
    Should be stopped before removing as far as i know, removing before stopping can corrupt data


  • #6
    gamer
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    if you cant stop , shut down pc,otherwise you may lose data, you cud try another usb port,or a shorter usb cable.


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  • #7
    masterwriter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭masterwriter


    gamer wrote: »
    if you cant stop , shut down pc,
    That is what i have been doing. after reboot the external disk stops when i click on the 'safely remove hardware' icon. There are no handles as unlocker would find them if there was.But rebooting it is a nuisance


  • #8
    greglo23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,028 ✭✭✭greglo23


    System restore may be enabled on the external drive which will stop it being ejected.


  • #9
    masterwriter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭masterwriter


    greglo23 wrote: »
    System restore may be enabled on the external drive which will stop it being ejected.
    I do not understand,the problem is I cannot eject it. Thanks for your input


  • #10
    gamer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,227 ✭✭✭gamer


    if you r ,in dublin i have a 500gig drive , id swap for your drive, i, dont care about rebooting glitch.


  • #11
    greglo23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,028 ✭✭✭greglo23


    Go to control panel, system, system properties, system restore, select the external drive and then settings and turn off restore on the external drive. this should then let you mount and eject the drive whenever you want.


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  • #12
    masterwriter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭masterwriter


    greglo23 wrote: »
    Go to control panel, system, system properties, system restore, select the external drive and then settings and turn off restore on the external drive. this should then let you mount and eject the drive whenever you want.
    Hi thanks for reply. I am using Vista and do not see my external drive in system properties. The two drives are the C which is monitored and the recovery partition on c which is not monitored.


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