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I only use the external drive to make a copy of backup files. I stopped the backup and anti virus services. there were no other apps running on the server and the users don't have access to the usb drives.
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I only use the external drive to make a copy of backup files. I stopped the backup and anti virus services. there were no other apps running on the server and the users don't have access to the usb drives.

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Sorry.... without a solution
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I use external USB drives on Windows server 2008 &amp;&nbsp;2003. Some times I can clock Stop and release an external drive. I know I'm selecting the correcct drive to stop.<br />
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Some times, I get the message &quot;the drive cannot be stopped&quot;. I've trried resolving this by stopping services like Anti Virus and Backup Exec services but it doesn;t always work. in that case, I need to restart the server and disconnect the drive before it comes back up.<br />
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Is there a common solution to this problem? 
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I use external USB drives on Windows server 2008 & 2003. Some times I can clock Stop and release an external drive. I know I'm selecting the correcct drive to stop.

Some times, I get the message "the drive cannot be stopped". I've trried resolving this by stopping services like Anti Virus and Backup Exec services but it doesn;t always work. in that case, I need to restart the server and disconnect the drive before it comes back up.

Is there a common solution to this problem? 

Stopping External USB drive on Sever 2003 &amp; 2008

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

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.

Stopping External USB drive on Sever 2003 &amp; 2008

Stopping External USB drive on Sever 2003 & 2008