Windows 10: Can't 'Safely Disconnect' USB in Windows 10

Seems there's more than 300 people wrote in about this.


You can 'Eject' a Camera Card (from the camera card slot) But you CAN'T 'Safely Disconnect' a USB drive. Not in Windows 10. You can click on the relevant icons, and the USB Drive will disappear from the index, but if you wait about 5 seconds, lo and behold, there it is again. That’s actually really misleading; when the file index drops the USB Drive you think you can pull it out. Think again – if you do that your files will get corrupted.


The microsoft community site has various suggestions by techies and non-techies, all of them cumbersome and mostly ineffective, with possible side-effects in deleting and re-installing buses etc. ‘Windows update?’ I have yet to find an ‘Update’ that fixes specific OS problems. Windows OS’s don’t HAVE any problems. Such as USB drives being displayed TWICE in the filing system in Windows 10. A nuisance, but liveable with.



Anyway if you want to use this non-Apple facility, you have to leave the USB drive in the computer after switch-off. The USB will be turned off ‘Safely’ after about 5 seconds. Then it takes the computer another 10 seconds at least to shut down. Don’t disconnect the power to the computer during the shut-down time.



If you do pull out the USB inadvertently and the files get corrupted – which they will – just turn the computer off, plug in USB drive, and Windows 10 will fix the files on start-up. Previous Windows programs didn’t do this, so hip hip hurrah for Windows 10.

:)

 

Windows 10 USB boot

Hi there, am not a windows 10 expert. I have a pc in the bedroom on windows 10, I messed up the bootloader trying to fix the xp on that system.

System wont boot, trying to repair via win 10 usb installer.

Downloaded the media creation tool to install windows 10 installer on usb stick. Not compatible with a host of usb sticks I have. Tried the usb sticks that others use, but I think they use rufus; as the media creation tool by win 10 does not detect the usb stick.

So quick question, the win10 machine i am trying to repair the bootloader is a win7 upgraded to win10.
If i were to use the usb win10 installer to "repair installation" does the version of the iso downloaded via the media creation tool matter?

There is three options:
Windows 10
Windows 10 Home
Windows 10 N

Also is there a step by step instead of using rufus as I want to try an alternative method of creating a usb win 10 installer. Preferably with more compatibility.

System is a asus sabertooth 990 (r2?) with AMD phenom X 6.

Also is there any other software I can load onto the usb that can repair the bootloader easily?
That would be the ideal alternative. Thanks

 

usb keeps disconnecting and reconnecting windows 10

Hi,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. I regret the inconvenience caused to you. Let me help you.

• 
  What is the make model of your system?
  

I suggest you to Change the USB power management settings and check.

• 
  Open Device Manager.
  
• 
  Double-click the type USB to change power management settings.
  
• 
  Right-click the specific device you want, and then click
  Properties.
  
• 
  On the Power Management tab, change the power management settings.
  

I would also suggest you to refer to the suggestion by
Ashish Sondhi from the following link and check if it helps.

USB devices keeps disconnecting/ reconnecting automatically



Also refer:

• What if a wired device isn't installed properly?

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/what-device-isnt-installed-properly

(Note: steps in the above article applies to Windows 10 as well)



Let us know if you have any further query on Windows, we are glad to assist you.



Thank you.

 

Is it time for Windows 10 already?

Here's a good step by step guide on doing a fresh install.

How to clean install Windows 10 from a USB drive - Software - Feature - HEXUS.net