I was playing with my USB portable hard drive and found to my horror that the icon in the Windows task bar that allows me to safely remove hardware was gone. I didn't want to unplug the cable before choosing that option because I wanted to make sure my data were intact.
I did a bunch of searching, but the proper keywords eluded me. A bunch of people suggested using File Explorer and choosing 'Eject' as though it were a CD/DVD but I didn't have an eject option.
Finally, I came across the answer here: http://blog.monkeyless.com/2006/03/12/safely-removing-hardware-when-the-icon-is-gone/ The secret keyword is hotplug, and so I can find it again, here is the DLL to invoke from Start->Run %windir%\System32\RUNDLL32.EXE shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll Alternately, make a shortcut by right clicking on the desktop.
News From The NSL Symposium And Other Submarine News
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With the Naval Submarine League symposium going on last week, there's a lot
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2 comments:
Gone? The icon just disappeared? Did you determine why?
I never did determine why the icon disappeared. Unfortunately, for some of Windows' hiccups, I don't bother to search. There are too many combinations of hardware and software in a Windows PC to make a 100% certain determination. Which is why so many people will simply tell you to reboot...
I didn't want to do that because I'm rather fond of the data on that drive!
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