Thanks for the tip, I only read though what you said real quick, so I did not digest it just yet but will give it a go soon and report back,,, thank you kindly!

Mine is off as well, but that did not resolve it for me,,,

thats what I always do, but when I click on the safely remove icon, I do not get any indication it is now safe to remove the device, which is typical.

So,,, now what am I supposed to make of that????? Very confusing, and still does not address the thumbdrive aspect?

I actually see in policies that "Better Performance" is the default, not "Quick Removal" as you stated? It is currently set to best performance now.63973
Also, this is all well and good if resolved...

Thanks for the feedback, I will have to check out those settings. I have 2 PC's with Win 10, one of them tells me its safe to remove, the other wont, and often tells me its in use? Even when I don't...

Anybody else have a solution? Im not even sure (as much of a pain it is) that shutting down the PC, then shutting off the external drives or Thumb drives is effecting my data on those drives?

That did not solve my problem either,,,,,, this sux!

I have 3 external ESATA drives with the same problem. The difference is that each ESATA drive has a different manufactures HDD. Hitachi, Samsung & Toshiba, I figured I would follow the same...

So far, so good! No idea of course why everything is seemingly fine now, but it is,,,,I hope I don't have to come back to this thread, but I sure do appreciate the help!

Amen!:092:
I will report back in a few days if nothing pops sooner,, if it does, I will do those command prompts and report back, otherwise, it will be a new install again with the exception I will...

Update: Did a manual update, it updates 2 of the exact same security updates and a GPU update. Unable to hide either one of them for the future, and the GPU update is not on the list to be able to...

Thanks for the feedback, the terms are clearer now. I will try your suggestion when I get stuck in that loop again,, odd thing is, this is the 2nd morning in a row where I have NOT experienced that...

Sorry to hear that,,, please enlighten me though as some of the terms you used are unfamiliar to me.
Fast Ring?
RTM Version? Sorry, what version are you referring too?
Inside Builders?

I was...

well... that's not good to hear, considering I started this fresh install on 9/13,, I finally finished it about a week ago, and now this,,,, OH BOY!

Boot mode is Legacy as expected I suppose with MBR.
Hmm,, image wont attach,, anyway the options are Legacy ROM and EFI Compatible ROM,, and its set for Legacy

ok,,, so if its not the partition structure of my hard drive that is causing this, what else can I do? Im using the same bios profile, so I don't suspect any issue there but will confirm this...

ok, I will check the bootup configuration, but just to clarify, EFI partion missing is not my problem here since I am using MBR SSD,, right?

Yes, those screen shots are from a fresh restore from a couple of weeks ago (prior to having these problems). What I am having trouble understanding is that you are stating my problem stems from the...

Thanks axe0, I spent quite a bit of time last night digesting this MBR vs GPT.Here are 2 things I learned so far. I have not found any FREE utility so farthat will allow me to convert from my current...

This gets more twisted by the minute,, the instructions state"The EFI System partition is required to boot the computer, when you are using the GPT partition style" Now since I currently have no idea...

hold on, think I found something for making bootable media thru media creation tool...

well,, heres my 1st problem,, the procedure is for Windows 8, which I'm sure is still suitable for windows 10, but I did an upgrade, I don't have Windows 10 media to boot up with,, how do I get that?...

ahh,, ok,, thanks for the clarification.
In addition, I started reading that post, and it states that "The EFI System partition is required to boot the computer" Well, if that is the case, then how...

I will look into that, its completely foreign to me. Regarding recovery partitions, is that related to "System Recovery"? I ask because I always disable that on a new install because I use Acronis...