Posted: 8/19/2011 5:22:03 PM EDT
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Just wanting to know if my external hard drive is always suppose to be running? As far as I remember when it was new it only ran when I was using it, i.e playing a movie from it, or looking at pictures from it. Now the light on the front is always blinking, and I can feel it vibrating/drive spinning. I also cannot safely remove it using the removal tool in vista. I receive the error "Windows cant stop your 'Generic volume' device because it is in use. Close any programs or windows that might be using the device, and try again later."
The Hard drive is a WD 1TB |
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Have you installed onto the drive that runs all the time? Or maybe installed something that uses files on it? Do you have any kind of backup software that may be automatically running and scanning that drive when you start up? lot of possibilities here, but it seems obvious that something is running that is accessing that drive.
You could always just unplug it and see what kind of error shows up :) |
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There is also a program called 'unlocker' that will show you what processes are acessing a USB drive so yo can unlock it and safely remove it
http://majorgeeks.com/Unlocker_d4660.html |