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This seems to do what your asking:<br />
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<a href="http://ask-leo.com/is_there_a_way_to_safely_remove_hardware_from_a_batch_file.html" rel="ugc">http://ask-leo.com/is_there_a_way_to_safely_remove_hardware_from_a_batch_file.html</a><br />

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This seems to do what your asking:

http://ask-leo.com/is_there_a_way_to_safely_remove_hardware_from_a_batch_file.html [http://ask-leo.com/is_there_a_way_to_safely_remove_hardware_from_a_batch_file.html]


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Thankyou for your replies.<br />
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I followed the above steps and found that Optimise for quick removal was already selected. So I guess I was already safe to remove the drives without needing to login.<br />
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Thankyou for your help.
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Thankyou for your replies.

I followed the above steps and found that Optimise for quick removal was already selected. So I guess I was already safe to remove the drives without needing to login.

Thankyou for your help.

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I am upgrading our Small Business Server 2003 to 2008 and plan switching from tape backups to external USB hard drives as supported by the built in backup system. My plan is to have a number of drives which wll be swapped and taken off site daily. <br />
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After testing I realised that after backing up I am still required to click the &quot;Safely Remove Hardware&quot; icon before removing the drive. This is a pain as I would have to log on to the server every time I change the drive whereas now all I have to do is swap a tape. The other problem is that I cannot always rely on other people to take this step when I am not in the office to do it.<br />
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Is there a way to make SBS backup remove the drive after backup is complete? 
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I am upgrading our Small Business Server 2003 to 2008 and plan switching from tape backups to external USB hard drives as supported by the built in backup system. My plan is to have a number of drives which wll be swapped and taken off site daily. 

After testing I realised that after backing up I am still required to click the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon before removing the drive. This is a pain as I would have to log on to the server every time I change the drive whereas now all I have to do is swap a tape. The other problem is that I cannot always rely on other people to take this step when I am not in the office to do it.

Is there a way to make SBS backup remove the drive after backup is complete? 

Server 2008 (SBS) Backup - Safely remove hard drive

Small Business Server (SBS) is a line of server operating systems targeted at small businesses by bundling the operating system with a number of other Microsoft products that would normally need to be purchased or licensed separately. The most notable inclusions are Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint and ISA/TMG (Microsoft's firewall and proxy server).

The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.

Storage Software

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.