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I often got this message that a USB HDD or thumb drive<br />
or SD can't be ejected. &nbsp;Sometimes I have to just 'improperly'<br />
remove the devices &amp;&nbsp;there's a few occasions the devices<br />
became unreadable (or with contents lost)<br />
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Q1:<br />
How can check which process is locking / reading the device?<br />
I'll then use Task Manager to kill the process. &nbsp;I've tried killing<br />
RealSched : it allows ejecting occasionally. &nbsp;I've &nbsp;a few cases<br />
where after exiting all apps on the Desktop (eg: Win Explorer,<br />
Outlook, MS Ofc etc), it still won't allow me to eject so it's<br />
one of those 'background' process<br />
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Q2:<br />
Would the method above risk corrupting the devices that are<br />
ejected that way? If so, what's the workaround
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I often got this message that a USB HDD or thumb drive
or SD can't be ejected.  Sometimes I have to just 'improperly'
remove the devices & there's a few occasions the devices
became unreadable (or with contents lost)

Q1:
How can check which process is locking / reading the device?
I'll then use Task Manager to kill the process.  I've tried killing
RealSched : it allows ejecting occasionally.  I've  a few cases
where after exiting all apps on the Desktop (eg: Win Explorer,
Outlook, MS Ofc etc), it still won't allow me to eject so it's
one of those 'background' process

Q2:
Would the method above risk corrupting the devices that are
ejected that way? If so, what's the workaround

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What's locking / opening the USB &amp; SD devices

What's locking / opening the USB & SD devices