Reader Dane wrote in seeking help with this hassle: “After using Safely Remove Hardware for my SD card, I have to reboot my PC before my PC will recognize another SD card. Is there a way for the PC to ...

Most Windows users have become conditioned over time to never unplug a USB flash drive or hard drive without first clicking Safely Remove Hardware in the System Tray. Why is that necessary? In theory, ...

For whatever reason, the "Safely Remove Hardware" dialog always seems a bit less than convenient to get to for me—mine is usually hidden behind that expanding arrow, and clicking through all the right ...

I installed my new Brother MFC 3100C canner/printer combo, and ever since then, in my system tray, there is an icon that when I hover over it, sayd "safely remove hardware". What the hell is thing? It ...

One of the most annoying Windows features ever, one that lasted through many iterations of Microsoft's popular operating system, was the prompt to safely remove a storage drive before actually yanking ...

For safety purposes as well as to prevent corrupting the data inside the external hard drive, it is highly recommended to safely eject the external hard drive. Although most Windows 10 already has a ...

I pulled it out without going to safely remove hardware, and now when I plug it in, explorer stalls for a while before showing up with a removable drive icon, and when I click it, it tells me to ...

We all know that one person who annoyingly reminds you to use “Safely Remove Hardware” before pulling the USB drive out of the slot. They shouldn’t bother you anymore. As Betanews first noted, ...

Microsoft has set the record straight on fears of data loss when removing USB storage devices from a Windows 10 PC, confirming that you no longer have to use the safely remove hardware feature as ...

Microsoft has modified the way Windows 10 handles the operation of disconnecting a USB or Thunderbolt storage device. This includes USB thumb drives, external hard drives, flash drives, and even USB ...

It's common practice to hit "Safely Remove USB" before pulling out a flash drive from Windows devices, but Microsoft has officially called it quits on that requirements. As part of a new update, the ...