question about shuting down and or safely remove ext usb hard drives


  1. dmesal
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    question about shuting down and or safely remove ext usb hard drives


    general question is when shutting down the screen show what ever app is preventing shut down (why can't windows just spell out write there what app is hanging)

    same goes for safely removing external USB hard drives (something is still active WHAT IS STILL ACTIVE) wish they (MS) would just spell it out.

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  3. bro67
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    The OS does in Task Manager and also in Resource Manager. It has been that way since the days of XP, that those two choices are there for this kind of reason.
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