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No "Safely Remove Hardware" Icon
I am successfully using a flash drive but do not have the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the system tray. Where do I find it?
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No "Safely Remove Hardware" Icon
"Art Beck" wrote in message ...
I am successfully using a flash drive but do not have the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the system tray. Where do I find it? Win98 has no such icon. Was this special to your brand of flashdrive? -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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No "Safely Remove Hardware" Icon
There isn't one. Just wait a few seconds after closing a window pertaining to the drive before removing it.
-- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Art Beck" wrote in message ... I am successfully using a flash drive but do not have the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the system tray. Where do I find it? Art |
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No "Safely Remove Hardware" Icon
(Aargh, HTML/richtext! Where's that Format button ...)
"Ron Badour" wrote in message ... There isn't one. Just wait a few seconds after closing a window pertaining to the drive before removing it. [] "Art Beck" wrote in message ... I am successfully using a flash drive but do not have the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the system tray. Where do I find it? [] The driver for his drive may have introduced one; most pen drives I've used under '98 do have one (usually a green arrow in the tray). Probably reinstalling the driver (might have to remove it first) will recreate it. Alternatively, if following Ron's advice above doesn't give any problems, just stick with that. I've sometimes thought I might be having some success by right-clicking on the drive in Explorer and selecting Eject, but find it hard to pin down. Ron: sometimes, on removing a drive, I get a very nannyish BSOD that says something like "some files on the drive were open, and data may have been lost. Make sure this is not the case in future. Press any key to continue.", even if I wait until all activity has apparently stopped (on one PC I have the icon Art is after, on the other I don't - same drive, same driver; just one of those things ...). I don't think I _have_ ever experienced any evidence of damage to data after one of these; certainly, when I press the any key, the desktop comes back as normal, replacing the BSOD. |
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No "Safely Remove Hardware" Icon
Yes I am unable to find it. How do I respond to this nag screen which
appears every time I unplug the USB Flash Drive? Unsafe Removal of Device You have unplugged or ejected a device without stopping it which can cause your computer to crash and lose valuable data. Please use the hotplug icon in the status bar to safely stop devices before unplugging them. I delayed for 60 sec prior to removal and still got the nag screen. Art "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... There isn't one. Just wait a few seconds after closing a window pertaining to the drive before removing it. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Art Beck" wrote in message ... I am successfully using a flash drive but do not have the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the system tray. Where do I find it? Art |
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No "Safely Remove Hardware" Icon
I believe the only way you will see the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in Win98SE is
if you either already have the Update for 1394 Storage Peripherals installed: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=242975 or your device's installer includes that update in its routine, or if you have installed the Maximum-Decim "Native USB Driver for Win98SE, which also includes that update: http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php Among the files the update adds to Win98SE are Hotplug.dll and an update Systray.exe, which allow that icon to appear. Can you check your systems, both the ones that do and the ones that do not exhibit the icon, and see if the update's files are on the system? I haven't ever seen the icon display in Win98SE unless one of those conditions were met, and they all depend on that 'firewire" update. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "J. P. Gilliver" wrote in message ... (Aargh, HTML/richtext! Where's that Format button ...) "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... There isn't one. Just wait a few seconds after closing a window pertaining to the drive before removing it. [] "Art Beck" wrote in message ... I am successfully using a flash drive but do not have the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the system tray. Where do I find it? [] The driver for his drive may have introduced one; most pen drives I've used under '98 do have one (usually a green arrow in the tray). Probably reinstalling the driver (might have to remove it first) will recreate it. Alternatively, if following Ron's advice above doesn't give any problems, just stick with that. I've sometimes thought I might be having some success by right-clicking on the drive in Explorer and selecting Eject, but find it hard to pin down. Ron: sometimes, on removing a drive, I get a very nannyish BSOD that says something like "some files on the drive were open, and data may have been lost. Make sure this is not the case in future. Press any key to continue.", even if I wait until all activity has apparently stopped (on one PC I have the icon Art is after, on the other I don't - same drive, same driver; just one of those things ...). I don't think I _have_ ever experienced any evidence of damage to data after one of these; certainly, when I press the any key, the desktop comes back as normal, replacing the BSOD. |
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"glee" wrote in message
... [] Among the files the update adds to Win98SE are Hotplug.dll and an update Systray.exe, which allow that icon to appear. Can you check your systems, both the ones that do and the ones that do not exhibit the icon, and see if the update's files are on the system? I haven't ever seen the icon display in Win98SE unless one of those conditions were met, and they all depend on that 'firewire" update. [] I will look to see if I have hotplug.dll, and what version of systray.exe I have (I assume you meant "updated" not "update", as I think systray.exe is part of Windows anyway; I'll see if mine's greater than V2222.) |
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No "Safely Remove Hardware" Icon
I installed Maximum-Decim "Native USB Driver for Win98SE and now hotplug.dll ( version 4.10.2224) and systray.exe (version 4.10.2224) are in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM and C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS folders.
No icon in the system tray and I continue to get the nag screen when I pull the flash drive. Thanks for all your attention to this problem. Art "glee" wrote in message ... I believe the only way you will see the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in Win98SE is if you either already have the Update for 1394 Storage Peripherals installed: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=242975 or your device's installer includes that update in its routine, or if you have installed the Maximum-Decim "Native USB Driver for Win98SE, which also includes that update: http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php Among the files the update adds to Win98SE are Hotplug.dll and an update Systray.exe, which allow that icon to appear. Can you check your systems, both the ones that do and the ones that do not exhibit the icon, and see if the update's files are on the system? I haven't ever seen the icon display in Win98SE unless one of those conditions were met, and they all depend on that 'firewire" update. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "J. P. Gilliver" wrote in message ... (Aargh, HTML/richtext! Where's that Format button ...) "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... There isn't one. Just wait a few seconds after closing a window pertaining to the drive before removing it. [] "Art Beck" wrote in message ... I am successfully using a flash drive but do not have the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the system tray. Where do I find it? [] The driver for his drive may have introduced one; most pen drives I've used under '98 do have one (usually a green arrow in the tray). Probably reinstalling the driver (might have to remove it first) will recreate it. Alternatively, if following Ron's advice above doesn't give any problems, just stick with that. I've sometimes thought I might be having some success by right-clicking on the drive in Explorer and selecting Eject, but find it hard to pin down. Ron: sometimes, on removing a drive, I get a very nannyish BSOD that says something like "some files on the drive were open, and data may have been lost. Make sure this is not the case in future. Press any key to continue.", even if I wait until all activity has apparently stopped (on one PC I have the icon Art is after, on the other I don't - same drive, same driver; just one of those things ...). I don't think I _have_ ever experienced any evidence of damage to data after one of these; certainly, when I press the any key, the desktop comes back as normal, replacing the BSOD. |
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No "Safely Remove Hardware" Icon
BUT, did you first uninstall the other driver you had installed for the drive
earlier? If the manufacturer's driver is installed, the Maximum-Decim driver will not be used. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Art Beck" wrote in message ... I installed Maximum-Decim "Native USB Driver for Win98SE and now hotplug.dll ( version 4.10.2224) and systray.exe (version 4.10.2224) are in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM and C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS folders. No icon in the system tray and I continue to get the nag screen when I pull the flash drive. Thanks for all your attention to this problem. Art "glee" wrote in message ... I believe the only way you will see the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in Win98SE is if you either already have the Update for 1394 Storage Peripherals installed: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=242975 or your device's installer includes that update in its routine, or if you have installed the Maximum-Decim "Native USB Driver for Win98SE, which also includes that update: http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php Among the files the update adds to Win98SE are Hotplug.dll and an update Systray.exe, which allow that icon to appear. Can you check your systems, both the ones that do and the ones that do not exhibit the icon, and see if the update's files are on the system? I haven't ever seen the icon display in Win98SE unless one of those conditions were met, and they all depend on that 'firewire" update. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "J. P. Gilliver" wrote in message ... (Aargh, HTML/richtext! Where's that Format button ...) "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... There isn't one. Just wait a few seconds after closing a window pertaining to the drive before removing it. [] "Art Beck" wrote in message ... I am successfully using a flash drive but do not have the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the system tray. Where do I find it? [] The driver for his drive may have introduced one; most pen drives I've used under '98 do have one (usually a green arrow in the tray). Probably reinstalling the driver (might have to remove it first) will recreate it. Alternatively, if following Ron's advice above doesn't give any problems, just stick with that. I've sometimes thought I might be having some success by right-clicking on the drive in Explorer and selecting Eject, but find it hard to pin down. Ron: sometimes, on removing a drive, I get a very nannyish BSOD that says something like "some files on the drive were open, and data may have been lost. Make sure this is not the case in future. Press any key to continue.", even if I wait until all activity has apparently stopped (on one PC I have the icon Art is after, on the other I don't - same drive, same driver; just one of those things ...). I don't think I _have_ ever experienced any evidence of damage to data after one of these; certainly, when I press the any key, the desktop comes back as normal, replacing the BSOD. |
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No "Safely Remove Hardware" Icon
No, I did not.. will look for it now.
Art "glee" wrote in message ... BUT, did you first uninstall the other driver you had installed for the drive earlier? If the manufacturer's driver is installed, the Maximum-Decim driver will not be used. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Art Beck" wrote in message ... I installed Maximum-Decim "Native USB Driver for Win98SE and now hotplug.dll ( version 4.10.2224) and systray.exe (version 4.10.2224) are in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM and C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS folders. No icon in the system tray and I continue to get the nag screen when I pull the flash drive. Thanks for all your attention to this problem. Art "glee" wrote in message ... I believe the only way you will see the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in Win98SE is if you either already have the Update for 1394 Storage Peripherals installed: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=242975 or your device's installer includes that update in its routine, or if you have installed the Maximum-Decim "Native USB Driver for Win98SE, which also includes that update: http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php Among the files the update adds to Win98SE are Hotplug.dll and an update Systray.exe, which allow that icon to appear. Can you check your systems, both the ones that do and the ones that do not exhibit the icon, and see if the update's files are on the system? I haven't ever seen the icon display in Win98SE unless one of those conditions were met, and they all depend on that 'firewire" update. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "J. P. Gilliver" wrote in message ... (Aargh, HTML/richtext! Where's that Format button ...) "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... There isn't one. Just wait a few seconds after closing a window pertaining to the drive before removing it. [] "Art Beck" wrote in message ... I am successfully using a flash drive but do not have the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the system tray. Where do I find it? [] The driver for his drive may have introduced one; most pen drives I've used under '98 do have one (usually a green arrow in the tray). Probably reinstalling the driver (might have to remove it first) will recreate it. Alternatively, if following Ron's advice above doesn't give any problems, just stick with that. I've sometimes thought I might be having some success by right-clicking on the drive in Explorer and selecting Eject, but find it hard to pin down. Ron: sometimes, on removing a drive, I get a very nannyish BSOD that says something like "some files on the drive were open, and data may have been lost. Make sure this is not the case in future. Press any key to continue.", even if I wait until all activity has apparently stopped (on one PC I have the icon Art is after, on the other I don't - same drive, same driver; just one of those things ...). I don't think I _have_ ever experienced any evidence of damage to data after one of these; certainly, when I press the any key, the desktop comes back as normal, replacing the BSOD. |
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