USB Safely Remove puts its own icon in the System Tray in placeof Windows’ remove icon. When it can’t safely close a drive, itshows you what processes are causing the problem and gives you ...

Following up on last week's guide to creating a shortcut to Windows' Safely Remove Hardware dialog, the How-To Geek weblog details how to set up a shortcut or hotkey to immediately eject a specific ...

This is one of those questions that has a short answer and a long answer. The short answer is this: you should probably always eject a drive before removing it, even if the context menu doesn't have ...

Ever yanked out a USB without ejecting it first? The consequences aren't always instant, but what goes on behind the scenes ...

Dev Eject is a freeware tool that lets you safely remove and manage your USB devices. This tiny little software comes in handy if you have got any unresponsive USB devices or if you simply want a list ...

When you plug in a USB drive into your Windows desktop or laptop, the system, mounts the drive and uses the contents. Either the files are scanned by an antivirus or the storage is being indexed by ...

Zach was an Author at Android Police from January 2022 to June 2025. He specialized in Chromebooks, Android smartphones, Android apps, smart home devices, and Android services. Zach loves unique and ...

How many times do you yank out a USB stick before properly ejecting it from your computer? For most of us, it's pretty much standard. But not ejecting a thumb drive from your computer may be more ...