XP - Safe Hardware Removal tool

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believe it or not - I am fairly new to XP - it's on my new laptop ;-) and I
have a question.

when I plug in a zip drive or a scanner/printer the icon the taskbar icon is
activated for the Safe Hardware Removal tool.


Is it OK to disable this feature - my son insists that with XP it isn't
necessary?
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Unless the device you are using is considered "hot swappable", i.e., safe to
removing without stopping; it's better to use the safe hardware removal
tool.

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"Eve Sings ;-)" <NewsGroups4Eve@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> believe it or not - I am fairly new to XP - it's on my new laptop ;-) and
> I
> have a question.
>
> when I plug in a zip drive or a scanner/printer the icon the taskbar icon
> is
> activated for the Safe Hardware Removal tool.
>
>
> Is it OK to disable this feature - my son insists that with XP it isn't
> necessary?
> --
>
> Eve
> Try to learn something about everything and everything about something. --
> T.H. Huxley
>
>
>

 

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Eve Sings ;-)" <NewsGroups4Eve@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ONleO9PAFHA.1408@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> believe it or not - I am fairly new to XP - it's on my new laptop ;-) and
> I
> have a question.
>
> when I plug in a zip drive or a scanner/printer the icon the taskbar icon
> is
> activated for the Safe Hardware Removal tool.
>
>
> Is it OK to disable this feature - my son insists that with XP it isn't
> necessary?
> --
>
> Eve
> Try to learn something about everything and everything about something. --
> T.H. Huxley
>
>
>

 

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Hi Eve,

As was pointed out, if the device is not hot-swappable, not using it is a
bad idea. If you don't, and a data transfer was not complete at the time of
removal, you may experience corruption of the data (both at the source and
at the transfer point), and of the device drivers in use (something you
really don't want, trust me).

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Eve Sings ;-)" <NewsGroups4Eve@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ONleO9PAFHA.1408@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> believe it or not - I am fairly new to XP - it's on my new laptop ;-) and
> I
> have a question.
>
> when I plug in a zip drive or a scanner/printer the icon the taskbar icon
> is
> activated for the Safe Hardware Removal tool.
>
>
> Is it OK to disable this feature - my son insists that with XP it isn't
> necessary?
> --
>
> Eve
> Try to learn something about everything and everything about something. --
> T.H. Huxley
>
>
>

 

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I'll err on the side of better judgment and use the thing - although I like
streamlining when I can.
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Eve
Try to learn something about everything and everything about something. --
T.H. Huxley


"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:uczt1kUAFHA.3504@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hi Eve,
>
> As was pointed out, if the device is not hot-swappable, not using it is a
> bad idea. If you don't, and a data transfer was not complete at the time
> of removal, you may experience corruption of the data (both at the source
> and at the transfer point), and of the device drivers in use (something
> you really don't want, trust me).
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Eve Sings ;-)" <NewsGroups4Eve@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ONleO9PAFHA.1408@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> believe it or not - I am fairly new to XP - it's on my new laptop ;-) and
>> I
>> have a question.
>>
>> when I plug in a zip drive or a scanner/printer the icon the taskbar icon
>> is
>> activated for the Safe Hardware Removal tool.
>>
>>
>> Is it OK to disable this feature - my son insists that with XP it isn't
>> necessary?
>> --
>>
>> Eve
>> Try to learn something about everything and everything about
>> something. --
>> T.H. Huxley
>>
>>
>>
>
>