2nd hard drive won't 'safely remove'

bonzodog2 · 14-09-2013 8:20pm #1

I've put a 2nd hard disk into the optical drive bay in my Dell Latitude E6400. When I try to 'Safely Remove' it, it does, but then detects it again immediately. Is there a way of preventing this? I'd like to be able to occasionally swap in the DVDRW drive without having to power down.

Torqay · 14-09-2013 8:30pm

Is the drive optimised for performance or quick removal?

(Right click the drive > Properties > Hardware > Properties > Policies)

bonzodog2 · 14-09-2013 8:36pm

Thanks. I just set it to quick removal, but it still immediately detects it. Presumably I can just pull it out, assuming there's no files open ?

Torqay · 14-09-2013 8:57pm

bonzodog2 wrote: »

I just set it to quick removal, but it still immediately detects it.

Strange.

bonzodog2 wrote: »

Presumably I can just pull it out, assuming there's no files open ?

If you don't open any files on the drive after it reconnects, I can't see why you shouldn't be able to pull it. It's not that it is locked by some process, right? It disconnects just fine?

bonzodog2 · 14-09-2013 9:04pm

I get the "its now safe to remove" message box, then the Autoplay "what do you want to do?" window.

Torqay · 14-09-2013 9:24pm

You can disable autorun for all drives:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:000000b5

bonzodog2 · 14-09-2013 9:38pm

Yes, I've used that before to stop it doing it for CD's. That won't stop it detecting the drive though?

Torqay · 15-09-2013 4:55am

bonzodog2 wrote: »

That won't stop it detecting the drive though

Didn't think it would, it should stop the Autoplay "what do you want to do?" window popping up though.

2nd hard drive won't 'safely remove'

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