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When I "Safely Remove Hardware" I cannot access it again until reb
My PC has several built-in media card readers. When I download photos from
them, I click on "safely remove hardware" and successfully (i think) remove them, but then they are no longer recognized if I put another card in the reader. If I reboot I can access them again, but I shouldn't have to do that. Does anyone know why it's doing this or some kind of fix without rebooting every time so I can access the media cards? Thank you. |
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When I "Safely Remove Hardware" I cannot access it again until reb
On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:32:00 -0700, jodzeee
wrote: My PC has several built-in media card readers. When I download photos from them, I click on "safely remove hardware" and successfully (i think) remove them, but then they are no longer recognized if I put another card in the reader. If I reboot I can access them again, but I shouldn't have to do that. Does anyone know why it's doing this or some kind of fix without rebooting every time so I can access the media cards? Thank you. Removing the hardware means unplugging the USB connector. Try just removing the media card and sticking another one in the drive. |
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When I "Safely Remove Hardware" I cannot access it again until reb
You don't need to "Safely remove hardware" to remove the card. When you do
that, you're shutting down the whole card reader, not just the card. Simply remove the card from the reader and you'll be all set. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ "jodzeee" wrote in message ... My PC has several built-in media card readers. When I download photos from them, I click on "safely remove hardware" and successfully (i think) remove them, but then they are no longer recognized if I put another card in the reader. If I reboot I can access them again, but I shouldn't have to do that. Does anyone know why it's doing this or some kind of fix without rebooting every time so I can access the media cards? Thank you. |
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When I "Safely Remove Hardware" I cannot access it again until reb
The way I understand memorycards/readers is that they are like the old
floppy drives. Use a little common sense and dont eject them when the light is flashing, if the light isnt flashing just pull it out. "jodzeee" wrote in message ... My PC has several built-in media card readers. When I download photos from them, I click on "safely remove hardware" and successfully (i think) remove them, but then they are no longer recognized if I put another card in the reader. If I reboot I can access them again, but I shouldn't have to do that. Does anyone know why it's doing this or some kind of fix without rebooting every time so I can access the media cards? Thank you. |
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When I "Safely Remove Hardware" I cannot access it again until
Thank you, since you put it that way I guess that makes sense. For years I've
been using the "safely remove..." because I thought I was supposed to. "Robert McMillan" wrote: The way I understand memorycards/readers is that they are like the old floppy drives. Use a little common sense and dont eject them when the light is flashing, if the light isnt flashing just pull it out. "jodzeee" wrote in message ... My PC has several built-in media card readers. When I download photos from them, I click on "safely remove hardware" and successfully (i think) remove them, but then they are no longer recognized if I put another card in the reader. If I reboot I can access them again, but I shouldn't have to do that. Does anyone know why it's doing this or some kind of fix without rebooting every time so I can access the media cards? Thank you. |
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When I "Safely Remove Hardware" I cannot access it again until
"jodzeee" wrote in message news Thank you, since you put it that way I guess that makes sense. For years I've been using the "safely remove..." because I thought I was supposed to. Operating systems before Vista may have had caching turned on by default. This means there could be data still unwritten to the drive. In order to flush the cache, you had to use the safely remove option. With Vista, the cache is off by default so any data is written to the USB drive immediately and you can pull out the USB device as soon as its light goes out (if it has one). Tom Lake |