[Simply Computers] Re: Back up drive

 

I often get this message with my Western Digital external drive.

Windows has a "write-back" feature I think it's called ... it waits until the computer is idle before it writes large chunks of data to the hard drive.

I have a feeling that this often does not work correctly ... so after a few minutes, I just power-down the drive and unplug it.

Haven't lost any data yet.

You might take a look at the User Forums in the Support section of Seagate website. They may have a better answer for you.

rogerX

--- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, custardtorpedo <no_reply@...> wrote:
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> Hi guys
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> I have a Seagate back-up drive which I am unable to turn off. I go to Safely Remove Hardware and get a message saying, `device cannot be stopped because a program is accessing it.'
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> As far as I can see all programs are closed. Am I missing something?
>
> Dan
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