Windows 10: Can Microsoft please make USB storage devices power down when ejected

the other day i ejected my usb disk drive and when i removed it from usb3 the disk was still spinning. It did the same on usb2. If i ejected this disk under windows xp the disk and flash disk would power down for a safer removal. I often eject my usb external devices and not remove them from port for sometime whilst surfing the net and don't want excessive energy consumption, and want a parked disk platter to remove. Can microsoft engineers please enable its USB support to include such physical power down feature. usb device support is a different branch for storage devices is why eject is offered but its supposed to also stop such devices from their powered up status. On the hardware level every storage device does power down when system is shutting down before the power supply is interrupted by computer.

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An error occured while ejecting

Hi Johnny,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community forum.



I suggest you to follow the steps listed in
problem ejecting USB mass storage device and check if it works.



Note: The article holds good for Windows 10.



Hope it helps.

 

Probem Ejecting USB Mass storage Device ( Eject Hard Drive) WINDOWS 10

I want to eject USB storage device safely by command eject for it, i also check that device is not currently in use


but i can't eject it safely





please suggest me about this issue

 

USB Storage Devices auto ejects itself

Just recently, any storage devices that I connect through the USB ports will auto ejects itself after a period of time. usually after 2 hours. I've tried External hard disk, brand WD and Samsung and also, thumbrives. all will auto eject itself. However,
If I connect the devices through a USB hub, it will not auto eject. Unfortunately, I cannot connect WD HD to the USB hub as the speed will become slow. So, the hub is not a good solution for my problem.

An additional note, the light on the devices still shine even though it had been auto ejected. and also, this just started to happen recently after I upgraded to windows 10. I'm not sure if it is the cause. thank you.