Problem Ejecting USB Mass Storage Device
Sometimes when you try to safely eject your USB drive or Hard drive, you might see a warning message “ This device is currently in use. Close any programs or windows that might be using the device, and then try again. “
The Windows “Safely Remove Hardware” feature lets you know when you can unplug your USB devices. This feature is used in OS to save you from corrupting any files on Flash Drive. Sometimes when trying to unplug your device you may get this message:
This message clearly states that the designated USB device is being used by your PC. But windows doesn’t have any feature that allows us to view the program or process that is making use of the USB flash drive.
In this situation, forcefully removing the USB storage device might be your only option but doing this can permanently damage it. So the only way you can safely eject your USB storage device will be to find and kill the program or service that is using it.
How to Fix ” This device is currently in use ” Error?
How you can find out services and programs that are using your USB flash drive or any other external storage device and stop them. This problem is usually caused because a program you might not expect is accessing the drive in the background. More....
The Windows “Safely Remove Hardware” feature lets you know when you can unplug your USB devices. This feature is used in OS to save you from corrupting any files on Flash Drive. Sometimes when trying to unplug your device you may get this message:
This message clearly states that the designated USB device is being used by your PC. But windows doesn’t have any feature that allows us to view the program or process that is making use of the USB flash drive.
In this situation, forcefully removing the USB storage device might be your only option but doing this can permanently damage it. So the only way you can safely eject your USB storage device will be to find and kill the program or service that is using it.
How to Fix ” This device is currently in use ” Error?
How you can find out services and programs that are using your USB flash drive or any other external storage device and stop them. This problem is usually caused because a program you might not expect is accessing the drive in the background. More....