How to stop portable HDD

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scuttle.vb

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I have a portable HDD from Ovation.It is connected to my laptop via a USB cord.There is no power off/on button.As soon i plug it in the power LED lights up.The problem is that i cant stop it by clicking on the 'Safely Remove Hardware'option.I get the message:"The generic device cant be stoppped now.Please try again after some time".
Will directly removing the USB from the laptop damage the HDD or my laptop.
How should i go about it?
 
hmm, make sure all application that are using the drive have stopped, close all windows (including any explorer windows) that are using the drive.

Also you may find that the indexing service may be accessing the drive, try shutting that down
 
make sure all application that are using the drive have stopped, close all windows (including any explorer windows) that are using the drive
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have tried that
the indexing service may be accessing the drive, try shutting that down
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what is the name of the indexing process.i cant find anything like index.exe in the currently running processes
i do use Google Desktop .have shut it down but still cant remove the HDD
 
ok i stopped explorer.exe and after starting it again from the task manager i was able to successfully remove HDD. isnt there any workaround for this problem or will i have to stop explorer.exe everytime i have to remove a portable device.
the same problem is with my pen drive also.
my friend also got the same problem when he used my pen drive on his comp.
 
Turn off write caching (optimize for Quick removal) - this solves the problem most of the time.
Right click your drive, Properties > Hardware Tab > Select your External HDD and click Properties > Policies

Hope this helpls
 
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