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How can I remove the option to eject SATA drives from the Windows 7 tray icon?
The Safely Remove Hardware icon in Windows 7 offers the ability to eject my SATA drives, including the boot drive. I don't see myself ever needing this - especially not from the convenience of the ...
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Can MAC OS X's TrueCrypt mount the encrypted file as a NON-Removable Drive?
I have used TrueCrypt in Windows which mounts my encrypted file as a regular drive in Windows Explorer. But when I mount the same encrypted file through Mac OS, it is mounted as a removable drive. I ...
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How do I “safely remove” (eject) an SD card or other removable media from the command line? [duplicate]
I can eject a network drive using net use X: /DELETE but when I try to use this same command on removable media I get an error:
The network connection could not be found.
More help is available by ...
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How can I programmatically “eject” a keychain on OS X?
I'm using a script to eject a small USB key I use as a “identity” drive, which contains some secure information. Of note, it has an OS X “keychain” file on it, which contains some of my more secure ...
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Where to connect the eject cable
Hello I have bought the chasis of an HP Slim Line S5747C with the factory motherboard and no DVD Rom. I added my own DVD Rom, but as you can see from the picture there is a separate eject button, ...
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Can I disconnect a USB drive while copying is paused in Windows 8?
As you all probably know by now, Windows 8 consolidates all simultaneous file copy operations into one single dialog. Also, wonder of wonders, you can now pause any of the operations as well!
What ...
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LibreOffice prevents SD card from being ejected
When I try to eject the SD card which is generally always in my Windows 7 netbook using either the context menu or the "Safely remove hardware and eject media" icon the computer tells me it can't ...
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Disable possibility to eject internal hardrives
I recently installed Windows 7 Home Premium and suddenly saw that I could eject my internal hard drives:
With my previous installation (Professional), this was not possible. How could a (by ...
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Internal Blu-Ray drive not recognized
This only just started happening yesterday, but when I put a BD disk into the drive and tried to do anything with it (just right clicking on the BD drive in Windows explorer), Windows explorer would ...
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Disable unsafe USB removal warning on OS X
Is there any way to remove the warning message that pops up on Mac OS X when you remove a USB device without ejecting it properly first?
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Forgot to unmount/eject external hard drive, lost moved files. Mac OS X
So I was using my Mac with my external hard drive connected via USB.
I moved about 10 GB of data to it (via drag and drop while holding down the Command key to move the files rather than to copy ...
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Cannot mount USB after unsafe eject
I have a 16GB usb flash drive and I made it bootable to install Linux Mint.
But for some reason, I couldn't install and did an unsafe eject.
Now, I cannot mount the drive, neither on Windows nor ...
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Is it possible to eject a cd in a batch file on Windows XP?
I've seen a few executables/utilities that do it, and many forums that say it is not possible to do. But is there any DOS command that I can rely on in a typical XP installation?
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Marvell Raid Controller - Eject my disks?? How to disable
I have a Gigabyte motherboard with Intel and Marvell raid controllers.
I've setup a mirrored array using the Marvel Controller.
All is Good except
If I click on the 'usb eject' icon in the system ...
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diskarbitrarationd consumes 100% CPU for 10 minutes after ejecting a USB drive
Recently I've had problems when ejecting a Seagate SRD0SP0 USB 2.0 hard drive from my Macbook. It has two partitions, one is my Time Machine backup, the other an ExFAT partition for media. There is ...
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can't eject one USB drive at at time: can only eject GROUPS of drives (Windows 7)
I can't eject one USB drive at at time; I can only eject GROUPS of drives. Using the eject USB drives icon in the system tray, the drives are grouped (in ways that I don't understand; maybe by USB ...
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How to close the Optical Drive tray in Windows?
I've always wondered why Windows has an Eject option but doesn't include a corresponding Close / Close Tray option in the context menu of optical drives.
Is there a way of closing the optical drive ...
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How do I recover files from an USB flash drive?
I have a flash drive that was used primarily on a Mac, and it was ejected improperly.
Now when I put it back in, the computer (I tried 2 different Macs and 3 PCs) does not even register the flash ...
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Why do I need to eject an ipod before disconnecting it?
Is there any good reason that I need to wait for iTunes to give me permission to remove an iPod from my computer?
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The Device 'Generic volume' cannot be stopped right now. Try stopping the device again later
I am getting the following error on a 320 GB Western Digital external HDD that has 250 GB of music, and I can't eject it with the safely remove hardware icon.
The device 'generic ...
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How can i use the `eject` command on a computer i have SSH'd into?
So if i do eject on my machine, it works exactly as expected, however, if i ssh into the machine next to me, and do the same thing, it does not work...
my computer:
eject: using default device ...
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Have to eject DVD after every write with growisofs
I am writing files to a DVD with growisofs once a day. Each time I append to the DVD, I have to eject the DVD and then re-load the DVD in order to see the file I just wrote. I am using RHEL 5.0 and ...
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How can I remount an ejected (not just unmounted) USB drive on Mac?
I frequently eject an usb stick, and then realize I still need it.
If I unmount the drive in Disk Utility, I can just remount it, but if I eject, it's gone.
Not showed in Finder
Not showed in ...
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What exactly happens when a USB device is ejected on a Mac?
When a USB device is ejected using the GUI in Finder, what exactly happens at a low level? Are there certain signals sent to the device?
The reason I am asking is because I am trying to emulate ...
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How to fix Windows 7 device removal notification loop
Bit of an odd one this. One of our PCs is getting caught in a loop some time after being turned on, usually after a USB storage device has been attached - sometimes an iPod, sometimes a GPS.
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Remap Apple MacBook Eject key in Windows?
I have a MacBook with Windows 7 on it as my daily driver.
My MacBook has a nearly useless Eject key, but I wish it was a forward delete key. KeyRemap4Macboook works great in OS X. Is there any ...
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Disable CD eject function while clicking 'CD RW Drive ' from Computer Page [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Prevent CD-ROM from Opening
I hope this question isn't the duplicate of How do I disable the CD drive eject button in Windows 7?.
I'm using Windows 7 on desktop. In ...
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How to find out which process is using an external USB drive? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I identify what application is using the file?
Often when I try to eject my external USB hard disk, I get this message:
Problem Ejecting USB Mass Storage ...
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CD-DVD drive won't eject
I have an Amilo Pa 1538 Fujitsu Siemens Laptop. For two years it has given me all sorts of problems like overheating etc.
Here is what happened this time: With the computer turned off, I pushed the ...
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Is there an RSM replacement in Windows 7? (to eject USB and Firewire devices from command line)
I know Windows XP and previous had an rsm.exe file in the <root>\windows\system32 folder that could be used to manage media. I used this command in batch files and from the command line to eject ...
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How do I audit CD/DVD tray opening events in Windows 7?
Since installing Windows 7, the entire office has experienced random CD tray openings, sometimes while we are in the office, sometimes not.
On my PC, I have two disc-reading devices, but only the ...
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Built-in hardware appearing as ejectable USB devices under Windows 7
I have installed Windows 7 Ultimate 32 Bit on a Code 2 Duo laptop that originally came with Vista Home Premium OEM. Windows Update has successfully configured all hardware. However, now I see three ...
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How to eject a CD if Windows won't eject it?
Right now I have a DVD in my laptop drive and the computer is hard at work trying to pry some readable bits from it. Judging by the sound of it, it is utterly failing.
But while I realize the ...
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Remapping 'eject' with '0/)' on MBP
My zero key on MBP (the one next to 9), is completely dead. No opening, cleaning, or anything else helps revive it. Anytime I need to press zero, I have to press Fn+M (the keypad zero). Even worse, ...
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How do I disable the CD drive eject button in Windows 7? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Disable CD eject button on laptop
My baby brother keeps messing around with the CD drive. I tried the software from Disable CD eject button on laptop but it didn't work ...
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Is There A Need To Safely Remove Device If “Quick Removal” Is Enabled?
i have been always ejecting devices from USB prior to removing them from computer and then i thought that if i have "Quick Removal" set, would i still need to eject? What could be the worst case if ...
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Is there any way to determine what program or service is using a device when I try to eject it?
I keep getting a message like this. How might I debug / troubleshoot why this is being thrown?
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how do you eject cd using keyboard on dell inspiron 6000
The eject button on my cd / dvd drive is broken.
I can still eject using windows explorer from the context menu.
I need to reinstall windows.
Is there a function key combination i can use from the ...
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How to “Un-Eject” a USB Flash drive — Eject is easy (safely remove hardware), but what about Un-Eject or Reconnect?
There are times after I eject a USB Flash drive, I want to copy some more files over to the USB Flash drive. In this case, do I always need to unplug the drive and plug it back in? Is there a way to ...
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How to eject Windows 7 DVD when installing on MacBook Pro?
During the installation process of Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro, it asks me to eject the DVD so that I can put in a disk with drivers. I have the driver disk but I can't figure out how to eject the ...
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Why is Windows 7 ejecting my CD-ROM?
I'm inserting a CD-ROM with some older software on it into the DVD drive. When the drive settles down, Windows Explorer shows the drive as E: under Computer. As soon as I click on the E: icon, the ...
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How can I disable a CD drive without any special software?
I have a Lenovo w510 laptop. When it came, its CD drive was powered off; I right-clicked it and enabled power to it.
Now I want to power it off again, without using any software.
Does anyone know ...
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Unplugging disk during error checking
I'm currently running a check disk on my external hard drive, and it's in phase 4 with no visible progress on the progress bar. Unfortunately, I have to turn off the computer that's running the test. ...
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Is it safe to plug out external usb harddisk when logoff?
I've tried to eject an external drive but it just won't be ejected. I know it is safe to pull out the external drive when the machine is shutdown but this is a fileserver and I can't shut it down just ...
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Can I disable my DVD drive from ejecting? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I disable the CD drive eject button in Windows 7?
My desktop sits on the floor under my desk and occasionally I will accidentally bump the DVD drive eject button ...
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MacBook doesn't recognize oddly shaped disk
I put in a small oddly shaped disk into my macbook and it didn't recognize it. There was none of the normal sounds you here when a disk is put in so it doesn't no a disk is in the drive. So I cant ...
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Eject a USB modem in the scheduled tasks
I need to schedule a task to eject a USB modem immediately when the power fail.
I had searched in EventLog and found the EventID for power Failure, put it in the Triggers,but in the Action I didn't ...
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Non-ejected Time Machine external HDD no longer connects to Mac
I accidentally unplugged (without ejecting) my formatted external Seagate HDD I've been using happily as a Time Machine on my Mac. Now the disk itself isn't recognised by the computer, and the light ...
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How to remap eject key on MacBook keyboard to “delete”?
I own a first generation MacBook Air and this has bothered me since the beginnings.
When I bought this thing, I was sure I'm not going to carry a DVD drive. I don't use it. WiFi has worked pretty ...
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How can I force my Mac Mini to eject a DVD
Today I put a movie DVD into my Mac Mini, but the Finder doesn't show it => the Mac doesn't seem to know it is there.
How can I force an eject?
Note: Booting with all kinds of keys CMD, ALT, Apple ...
