Flash+Drive+removal

Flash Drive removal With the popularity of flash drive and the prevalence on the market, one does tend to abuse them, and when doing so run the risk of damaging them.

One of the worst things which you can do is to just pull them out of the USB socket when you want it.

There are two ways to safely remove the Flash drive and they are :-

Either go to:- My Computer icon on the Desktop or in Start, and click to open. Scroll down to the entry usually labelled "**//Removable Disk//**" followed by an alphabetical letter. Right-click and select “ **//Eject”//**

Now you can safely unplug the flash drive.

The second method is a bit longer to implement.

You need to double click the **//Safely Remove Hardware//** icon, located in your bottom system tray.

This is a little green arrow with a little grey disk underneath it, Highlight the choice that says "**//USB//** **//Mass Storage Device//**" and click on the **//Stop//** button. Now you scroll to the entry for your flash drive and click on it so it's highlighted. Click OK.

A little pop up window will now say that it is safe to remove the Flash drive.