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How to eject stuck USB?

yupolin1021
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Hello all,

 

I'm sure you've all had this problem where you try to eject a USB drive and windows tells you that you can't because a program is using it. Does anyone know how to force eject a drive? I usually just pull it out when the lights aren't flashing but I'm just curious if there is another way.

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Hello all,

 

I'm sure you've all had this problem where you try to eject a USB drive and windows tells you that you can't because a program is using it. Does anyone know how to force eject a drive? I usually just pull it out when the lights aren't flashing but I'm just curious if there is another way.

 

Turn the PC off, pull it out.

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Ejecting usb drives  :unsure:  Never done it

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Ejecting usb drives  :unsure:  Never done it

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I never eject USB Sticks on Windows Either! Only on Mac OS X As it complains when you don't .

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not that dangerous since i removed flash drives thousands of times and it never had any problems.

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