problem ejecting USB hard drive

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by cameleon1267, Jan 26, 2009.

  1. cameleon1267

    cameleon1267 MDL Novice

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    #1 cameleon1267, Jan 26, 2009
    I don't know if this is only me or someone else has the same problem, but I can never safely remove my USB hard drive. Windows 7 tells me it is used by another program or service. I tried everything I could but I can not identified which service is using the drive.

    I tried with FAT32 usb drive. I could eject with no problem. I formatted the drive to NTFS and now I have the same problem.

    Any idea how to fix this ?
     
  2. jupier2k

    jupier2k MDL Member

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    #2 jupier2k, Jan 26, 2009
    Try disable autoplay feature might help ?
     
  3. cameleon1267

    cameleon1267 MDL Novice

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    #3 cameleon1267, Jan 26, 2009 (OP)
    thanks it worked. but this is not the way it is suppose to work. I plug the drive and try to safely remove it just after without doing anything and I got the busy message. looks like the autoplay feature is not working well on ntfs drive, for me
     
  4. jupier2k

    jupier2k MDL Member

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    #4 jupier2k, Jan 27, 2009
    Its beta ! Beta ?
     
  5. cameleon1267

    cameleon1267 MDL Novice

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    #5 cameleon1267, Jan 27, 2009 (OP)
    yeah I know it is a beta version. But I am wondering if other people have the same issue or it comes from my configuration.
     
  6. jupier2k

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    #6 jupier2k, Jan 27, 2009
    I think 2 weeks back there is a worm specificly infect win 7 /vista autoplay feature and USB flash drive ? Google and check if it helps.