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I had this problem once with a customer that was running Windows 2000 server. Come to find out they had NO service pack installed. I applied the latest service pack and resolved the issue.
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I had this problem once with a customer that was running Windows 2000 server. Come to find out they had NO service pack installed. I applied the latest service pack and resolved the issue.

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Go to sysinternals, download filemon and monitor file access to the device, it will tell you what is using it... then go from there...
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Go to sysinternals, download filemon and monitor file access to the device, it will tell you what is using it... then go from there...

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A usb flash drive? <br />
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I just yank them out. Ive used mine for over 2 years with absolutely no problems and no missing files. 
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A usb flash drive?

I just yank them out. Ive used mine for over 2 years with absolutely no problems and no missing files.

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I click the gree arrow icon in bottom menu tray attempting to remove my Segate USB drive, thus far it has always said, device busy, please try later....do I need to shut down os to remove it safely ? Thanks
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I click the gree arrow icon in bottom menu tray attempting to remove my Segate USB drive, thus far it has always said, device busy, please try later....do I need to shut down os to remove it safely ? Thanks

USB device removal

Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media used to retain digital data. In addition to local storage devices like CD and DVD readers, hard drives and flash drives, solid state drives can hold enormous amounts of data in a very small device. Cloud services and other new forms of remote storage also add to the capacity of devices and their ability to access more data without building additional data storage into a device.