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Safely removing external HDD that system says is in use by another program



 
 
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Old August 25th 09, 06:58 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
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Default Safely removing external HDD that system says is in use by another program

When I try to remove Drive F at the Computer window, or from the taskbar, it
says "can't remove, in use by another program".

This became an issue after I ran Windows Backup for the first time. Earlier
backup was the Acer version. Acer's version backs up C partition and
records on D. Windows backed up C and D and recorded on external drive F.

Here is the contents of Shared Folders

Share Name Folder Path Type # Client Connections Description
ADMIN$ C:\Windows Windows 0 Remote Admin
C$ C:\ Windows 0 Default share
D$ D:\ Windows 0 Default share
F$ F:\ Windows 0 Default share
IPC$ Windows 0 Remote IPC


How do I determine which program is preventing me from safely removing Drive
F?
Should I delete the Windows backup and use Acer's backup program
exclusively?
How do I delete the Windows backup?

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Acer 5735 4GB RAM, 2GHZ proc
Windows 64 bit Vista Home Premium


 




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