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 ...

In the Windows XP device manager under disk drives select your USB drive and under policies you can select optimize for quick removal. <br>This disables the write cache for the drive and you don't ...

I’ve been told to never, never, ever unplug a USB device, like a memory stick, until the Safely Remove Hardware icon gives the OK. And that’s my problem: Some days the icon is in my toolbar, and other ...

Q. The icon labeled “Safely Remove Hardware” has disappeared from the notification area at the right side of my Taskbar. I’ve checked several books on Windows XP with no success. Any suggestions?

Sometimes, the “Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media” menu in the system tray shows devices that the user doesn’t need to remove, such as USB network adapters, Type-C monitors, SATA/SSD drives ...

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 ...

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 ...