Re: cannot eject usb drive

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"Dixonian69" <Dixonian69@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>A USB "RAM" drive?
> could you explain?
>
> "Paul Pedersen" wrote:
>
>> It sometimes happens that after I copy a file to a USB RAM drive, I
>> cannot
>> stop the drive so that I can pull it out. I get a message something like
>> "The drive cannot be stopped at this time. Please try again later."
>>
>> Waiting until "later" makes no difference.
>>
>> Nothing is writing to the drive, nothing is accessing it as far as I
>> know.
>> All applications have been closed down, even Windows Explorer. Still, the
>> drive cannot be stopped. I end up having to reboot.
>>
>> How can I force-flush any file writes and stop the drive?
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