you could shut down and pull it out

 

do like your dad did...











pull out and pray.

 

the reason you need to use the remove device icon is because xp is caching the drive.... you can change it so you dont have to use that icon and you can pull it out....

right click the drive.... properties... hardware... click the drive again (pic below)... properties... click the policies tab... select optomize for quick removal.

 

as long as nothing's being written to the drive it should be ok to pull it out

 

Jani...you have answered my original question...thank you.

 

When I get to the policies tab everything is greyed out so I can't select it :wtc:

 

is the drive connected to the computer?

 

yeah..its my work computer so it is probably due to not-authorized

 

:werd:

you need admin rights to do that.