How does one remove an USB Flash Drive safely from Windows 98 SE?

Ant Sat, 04 Sep 2004 23:27:30 -0700 wrote ...

In Windows 2000 and XP, one goes through the system tray and remove it
by telling Windows that you're not using the drive anymore because of
possible data loss. I assume it was the same for 9x, but then I noticed
USB system tray icon was missing. PCMCIA system tray icon exists to stop
the devices for removal.

How does one remove the USB flash drive safely without turning off the
computer (actually a Toshiba Satellite Pro notebook)?

Thank you in advance.


I use USB 256MG flash disk be Seitek.
When I/O are performed, its LED shines almost all the time.
When mounted, its LED is blinking.
When ejected/unmounted ( right clink on drive icon end eject ),
its LED stops shining.

There is another option to disable write delay caching...

Press Winkey+Break, click on tabs
Performance -File System - Removable disk(?)
Then disable write delay for removable disk units...


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Libor Striz wrote:

I use USB 256MG flash disk be Seitek.
When I/O are performed, its LED shines almost all the time.
When mounted, its LED is blinking.

No biggy - but I think you meant that the other way around.
When data is transferring - it blinks/flashes as it goes along.
When it's plugged in but idle, it stays light continuous.

Rick


When ejected/unmounted ( right clink on drive icon end eject ),
its LED stops shining.

There is another option to disable write delay caching...

Press Winkey+Break, click on tabs
Performance -File System - Removable disk(?)
Then disable write delay for removable disk units...


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"Libor the Wanderer"
Sorry for my english in case of such troubles.
As dialup user I am sorry for late response.
ForPrivateResponseRemoveDelAndThisFromAboveAddress .

Rick Chauvin Tue, 7 Sep 2004 16:37:30 -0400 wrote
....

No biggy - but I think you meant that the other way around.
When data is transferring - it blinks/flashes as it goes along.
When it's plugged in but idle, it stays light continuous.


So you mush have other stuff then me :-)

when idling the LED is switching ON/OFF in period of about 3 seconds.

In transfer It shines almost continuous....

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Libor Striz wrote:
[...]

So you mush have other stuff then me :-)

when idling the LED is switching ON/OFF in period of about 3 seconds.

In transfer It shines almost continuous....

Okay thank you Libor for the information.
....have a nice day

Rick


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