In Windows, the Safely Remove Hardware tray icon is visible by default. If you have accidentally hidden it, or wish to reverse a conscious decision to get rid of it, this walkthrough may help you to ...

I have a system running Windows Server 2008 that has developed a problem with the Safely Remove Hardware feature. The icon for it does not appear in the tray.<BR><BR>I've tried googling it and most ...

For some reason after i installed or uninstalled something i lost the Safely remove hardware icon when you plug in USB/Firewire devices.<BR><BR>I have to manually kick it in. <BR>c ...

Q I have five flash drives with capacities of 64 and 256 megabytes, and 1, 2 and 4 gigabytes that I use to save and move files among three Windows XP computers. But only the 64-megabyte and 4-gigabyte ...

To avoid any unlikely incident like loss of data, Windows prompts you to Safely remove hardware like external hard drives and USB drives. Even after doing this, if the USB port continues to remain ...

Windows 10 Switches to 'Quick Removal' for USB Drives We're all used to seeing the Safely Remove Hardware icon for USB drives plugged into a Windows 10 machine, but not for much longer. Microsoft is ...

Does it matter whether you ‘Safely Remove’ devices, as Windows requests? Yes. If you pop a memory card out of its reader or pull an external drive out of its USB port while Windows is reading or ...