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Thanks this is all very helpful. So far I've disconnected a couple while the light is on and not flashing and having exited any program that could conceivably be using it. I should hope a web browser viewing normal web pages is not accessing files on my external drives which I only use for...

Ahhh *this* is the official confirmation from Win - or at least something approaching official - I was hoping for, that is, something that makes it clear Win is specifically set up to allow so-called Quick Removal. It's true you no longer see the hysterical warnings in help sites like in the...

The lights on my drives are almost always continuously on.

Is there any way to remove an external hard drive without completely shutting down the computer? I have never once had a situation where I clicked on "Safely remove hardware..." > "Eject external USB..." and it let me remove the disk. Every time wtihout exception I get "This device is currently...

Thanks. Of the three customizations, the two on the right don't have anything to do with font size and empty space. The one on the left can effect a slight improvement, better than nothing for sure but things are still much too big.

This is a question about the eightforums.com site, not sure if in right forum. Is there a way to change the appearance to reduce the vast empty spaces and gigantic oversize fonts in the new design and make everything compact like it used to be? With fonts nearly a quarter-inch tall and colossal...

How do you tile windows like in Win 7 where you could select any open programs in Task Manager > right-click > Tile Horizontally, or Tile Vertically? Dragging each window to the side of the screen to resize it to half-size isn't an option because (1) when that's switched on windows are...

I have been getting this pop-up about once every two hours, for a good six months. What is it, and how do I make it stop? Problem details are below. Many thanks. Problem signature: Problem Event Name: CLR20r3 Problem Signature 01: updater.exe Problem Signature 02: 2.0.8100.0...