Windows 10: Cannot Safely Remove External Drives

Discus and support Cannot Safely Remove External Drives in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Hi, I got that screen from properties in device manager unless they have removed this option from win 10 (mine is a usb2 drive) Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by caphe, Jun 5, 2015.

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  1. PAULSALTER
    paulsalter Win User

    Cannot Safely Remove External Drives


    Hi,

    I got that screen from properties in device manager

    unless they have removed this option from win 10 (mine is a usb2 drive)
     
    paulsalter, Jun 21, 2015
    #16
  2. JIMBO45
    jimbo45 Win User

    Hi there

    Must depend on the device -- I've connected my USB3 device Via a SATA--->USB3 connector plugged in to a USB3 port on the computer.

    Shows up as screenshot shown below.

    Cheers
    jimbo
     
    jimbo45, Jun 21, 2015
    #17
  3. PAULSALTER
    paulsalter Win User
    Just checked with a couple of devices (this is win 8.1 though)

    External drive I just get as my above screenshot
    USB thumb drive I get additional write cache options

    so options do vary quite a bit depending upon device
     
    paulsalter, Jun 21, 2015
    #18
  4. GENEO
    Geneo Win User

    Cannot Safely Remove External Drives

    Well for my USB 3.0 UASP drive I get the options for Quick Removal or Best Performance/Write cache. It is just that "Savely Remove" doesn't work for the "Best Performance" which is what it is meant for. This is windows 10.

    You won't see the options through the Disk Manager. You will only see it through the device manager and selecting properties for the disk there.
     
    Geneo, Jun 21, 2015
    #19
  5. JIMBO45
    jimbo45 Win User
    Hi there

    My screenshot shows device manager -- I don't get any "performance" type options --just the shot I showed above.

    Perhaps on USB3 devices the whole system is different.

    Cheers
    jimbo
     
    jimbo45, Jun 21, 2015
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  6. GENEO
    Geneo Win User
    I think it is just broken.
     
    Geneo, Jun 21, 2015
    #21
  7. ARNOLDS
    ArnoldS Win User
    THANK YOU!!! This worked in Windows 10.
     
    ArnoldS, Nov 12, 2015
    #22
  8. LOPEDOGGIE
    lopedoggie Win User

    Cannot Safely Remove External Drives

    Open Device Manager, find "disk drives" and your "external drive" in the list of devices, uninstall the driver for your hard drive and then you can safely remove it. The device driver for your external drive "SHOULD" reinstall automatically next time you want to use the drive.
     
    lopedoggie, Nov 12, 2015
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  9. GINGERWEREWOLF
    gingerwerewolf Win User
    gingerwerewolf, Nov 19, 2015
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  10. TECHHELP
    TeChHelp Win User
    hi all ,
    i am also facing same problem but i got the solution .. what all you need do is ...

    go to search bar n search for Device manager ..
    then in list find WD drive management devices->WD SES device

    mouse right click ->uninstall driver (make sure you check on Delete driver from PC

    then dont scan for hardware changes ,dont even remove your hard disk ,just shutdown your WINDOWS10 pc/lappy -->

    then after remove hard disk , login in your windows 10 ,
    connect Hard drive ,wait for driver installation & check whether you are able to remove it safely Or Not ..
    IT WORKS FOR ME ...     *Cool
     
    TeChHelp, Dec 12, 2015
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  11. TECHHELP
    TeChHelp Win User
    hi all ,
    i am also facing same problem but i got the solution .. what all you need do is ...

    go to search bar n search for Device manager ..
    then in list find WD drive management devices->WD SES device

    mouse right click ->uninstall driver (make sure you check on Delete driver from PC

    then dont scan for hardware changes ,dont even remove your hard disk ,just shutdown your WINDOWS10 pc/lappy -->

    then after remove hard disk , login in your windows 10 ,
    connect Hard drive ,wait for driver installation & check whether you are able to remove it safely Or Not ..
    IT WORKS FOR ME ...     *Cool
     
    TeChHelp, Dec 12, 2015
    #26
  12. PROGCODE
    progcode Win User
    Thank you!!! Confirmed. I have never been able to safely eject my WD My Passport Ultra external drive, ever since I upgraded to Windows 10. This solved the problem. And now it can be safely removed.
     
    progcode, Dec 14, 2015
    #27
  13. TECHHELP
    TeChHelp Win User

    Cannot Safely Remove External Drives

    You Welcome .. *Smile
     
    TeChHelp, Dec 19, 2015
    #28
  14. CAFE RACER
    cafe racer Win User
    Yes, this worked! Thanks for the tip.


     
    cafe racer, Dec 22, 2015
    #29
  15. TECHHELP
    TeChHelp Win User
    you are welcome ...*Thumbs
     
    TeChHelp, Dec 29, 2015
    #30
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