Arkadiusz 'Black Fox' Artyszuk <asdfadsasdfa@atomicmail.io> on Sat, 19
Sep 2026 09:53:29 +0200 typed in alt.comp.os.windows-11 the
following:

pyotr13315@yahoo.com wrote:

That's the issue
I have a windows 7 box which I've used "forever" I have an external
SSD drive "J", which gets a copy of all my data files.
Which is then plugged into the Laptop (running Win 11 Home (S)*) so I
can do those things which can no longer be done on the obsolete box.
Banking, reading email, shopping.
Logoff laptop,
shut down laptop.
wait a few extra minutes.
Unplug Drive J.
Plug drive J into Win7 box.
"Do you want to scan drive J for errors?" resulting from an improper
device removal.
Every single time.

Simply logging off or shutting down doesn't always guarantee immediate
cache flushing for external USB storage devices.
Possible solutions / workarounds:
1. Before shutting down or unplugging the drive from the Windows 11
laptop, look at the system tray, click the Safely Remove Hardware and
eject drive J. Always wait for "Safe to Remove Hardware" notification
before physically unplugging it.

This was where I seriously hit a problem.
Microsoft cannot eject the disk as {some unnamed} process is
accessing it.

2. Disable Fast Startup on Windows 11 in this case. Fast Startup
prevents Windows 11 from fully shutting down, which can keep external
drives locked in a semi-mounted state.

Will check this next time. Explains a lot.

3. Change the removal policy of external storage devices in Windows 11
to "Quick removal" if it is somehow set to "Better performance".
I hope something helps.

Will try that too.


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On 24/09/2026 02:06, pyotr filipivich wrote:

This was where I seriously hit a problem.
Microsoft cannot eject the disk as {some unnamed} process is
accessing it.

The easiest way to resolve this issue is to log out of your account and
log back in. You should then be able to eject the disk without any problems.

When you log out of the account, any processes initiated by the user are automatically stopped, including those accessing the disk.

HTH






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Ramanujan's Summation <rs@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 24/09/2026 02:06, pyotr filipivich wrote:

This was where I seriously hit a problem.
Microsoft cannot eject the disk as {some unnamed} process is accessing it.

The easiest way to resolve this issue is to log out of your account and
log back in. You should then be able to eject the disk without any problems.

When you log out of the account, any processes initiated by the user are automatically stopped, including those accessing the disk.

Maybe yes, maybe no. For example Windows' indexing process is all too
happy to touch a disk, even if it has been told not to index it.

Bottom line: 'Eject' works or it doesn't.

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Ramanujan's Summation<rs@invalid.invalid> on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:59:11
+0100 typed in alt.comp.os.windows-11 the following:

On 24/09/2026 02:06, pyotr filipivich wrote:

This was where I seriously hit a problem.
Microsoft cannot eject the disk as {some unnamed} process is
accessing it.

The easiest way to resolve this issue is to log out of your account and
log back in. You should then be able to eject the disk without any problems.

When you log out of the account, any processes initiated by the user are >automatically stopped, including those accessing the disk.

HTH

thanks, that makes some sort of sense, I'm sure.


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Next Month's Panel: Having eliminated the old Them(tm)
Selecting who insufficiently Woke(tm) as to serve as the new Them(tm)

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