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 ...

You can restore missing or hide the Safely Remove Hardware icon from the Notification Area in Windows 11/10. We will talk about three methods using which you can show or hide the Safely Remove ...

Does it matter whether you ‘Safely Remove’ devices, as Windows requests? Yes. If you pop a memory card out of its reader or pull an external drive out of its USB port while Windows is reading or ...

Have you ever lost important data due to inappropriate removal of external drive? Windows doesn't allow you to stop a device? Accidentally stopped a drive you don’t aim to remove? USB Safely Remove ...

Most Windows users have become conditioned over time to never unplug a USB flash drive or hard drive without first clicking Safely Remove Hardware in the System Tray. Why is that necessary? In theory, ...