Data recovery and disk repair questions and discussions related to old-fashioned SATA, SAS, SCSI, IDE, MFM hard drives - any type of storage device that has moving parts
July 27th, 2010, 9:46
Hi,
I bought a A-DATA NH01 640GB usb3 hard disk today, when I remove it by windows using "safely remove" the LED is still on and the hard still is turning. I used USB safely remove software but it does not work. what is the prob? how could I solve it?
Regards
July 29th, 2010, 1:55
I talked to an A-DATA technical assistant. He told me that safely remove of windows and simple software like "usb safely remove" and "usb disk ejector" can not remove usb3 part completely and still some of internal connections are connected. Does anybody know about a professional software for removing usb3?
July 29th, 2010, 2:50
As soon as there is no data transferred , all the handlers are closed and the FS is updated on the drive (SAFE REMOVAL) the HDD can be on as the power is still ON but it is safe to remove. If you really want to make it spin down and be completely off, you should find a way to cut power from USB port that can either be controlled by SW or cannot simply be possible as - depending on motherboard and config. - the power is always on because it is taken from power supply or from the +5 standby in some case.
July 29th, 2010, 2:56
I am not good at the details you mentioned. I just want a software to safely and completely remove my usb3 HDD. Is there any?
July 29th, 2010, 3:09
Don't know your system. What you want exactly is strictly HW dependent, SW and OS are on a next layer.
July 29th, 2010, 3:11
what you mentioned is true about usb2 too.
July 29th, 2010, 3:59
When windows says it is safe to remove ..
that means unplug (remove) the usb cable from the computer.
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