Reply To: External Hard Drive Eject Issues Hi anyone, Quick query for those who know about these things. I have a 1tb External Hard drive (Toshiba Canvio). When I eject it and get the confirmation to go…

[Cahal Shillmo]

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I assume you plugged in then unplugged USB HDD ? event id: 10016 can usually be ignored. but it is odd no other Warnings etc ! Q. do you have a second Windows PC/Laptop to see if the issue is the same on second windows device ? Q1. Try logging onto your PC with Admin account (permisions) to see if this helps ? Q3. make sure Windows is upto date and update driver for USB HDD to correct version . I am just wondering if it is some form of AV you are using? I will have a dig today on my laptop to investigate also<noscript></noscript> Edit; Device Manager -> Disk Drives. Policies, Check the configuration of each device under disk drives. Under one of the options, check if option is available to select between “quick removal” and “performance”. choose performance.

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I did, yes.

Just tried it on an older laptop and had the same issue, except it didn’t squeal when I shut down.

The logon being used is the admin.

Windows is up to date, and the driver also.

Currently using standard windows security software, which is up to date I believe.

I switched that option to performance. No joy unfortunately, the same thing happens.

I figured out what I was searching wrong in Process Monitor (no back slashes or one too many 🙈). I found that when it is plugged in, Explorer.exe is accessing every folder on the drive, but that is the only process listed. When I eject, I get no results.

It seems like the light goes off after the same idle time every time, and this does not correspond to the eject. The eject function simply isnt working ie not communicating or not over-riding something🤔

Thanks again.

 

 

 

 

 

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