USB flash memory can't be removed

Everyday, I use two USB flash memory sticks to sync data with my HD. Many
times, even after the sync is over, I can't remove one or both of them.
Windows says they're being used. I can't find which program is using them.
How can I find that, in order to stop it? Additionally: how can I find which
programs have files/folders open at a given moment?

Thanks in advance.

Rosivaldo.

Thanks for the reference. I'll have a look on it. But as far as I've seen,
not always the problem is with not-yet-flushed-data. Some times, some
program keeps my USB drive "locked" and I can't do anything, because I don't
know which program is doing that. What can I do in those cases?

Rosivaldo.

"Warp 10" <> escreveu na mensagem
news:...
> By default, USB storage is optimized for quick removal.
>
> Make sure that the usb flash drive is set to this option!
>
> What that means in
> practice is that write caching is turned off, so windows doesn't wait and
> keep stuff in memory waiting for the best time to write it to the drive.
> That also means that windows doesn't have to flush the cache before
> telling
> you it is safe to remove the drive.
>
> Optimize for quick removal doesn't mean there will never be a write in
> progress when you pull out the drive, and if there is, you might loose
> data.
> You are probably safe if you wait until the drive hasn't shown any
> activity
> for 10-15 seconds.
>
> I just unplug my usb flash when I see that the little led it has is not
> blinking and never care about safe removal..
>
> also see this>>>>>>>>>.
>
>
> http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/12...-what-it-says/
>
(...)
> "Rosivaldo Fernandes Alves" <> wrote in message
> news:1C8E02D9-C538-495C-A3C9-...
>> Everyday, I use two USB flash memory sticks to sync data with my HD. Many
>> times, even after the sync is over, I can't remove one or both of them.
>> Windows says they're being used. I can't find which program is using
>> them. How can I find that, in order to stop it? Additionally: how can I
>> find which programs have files/folders open at a given moment?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Rosivaldo.
>

Use the Reliablilty and Performance Monitor and open the Disk function and
sort by File. You can see which process is accessing your USB device.
Alternately use this
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896645.aspx

"Rosivaldo Fernandes Alves" <> wrote in message
news:288F1FEF-EF70-4BAC-B464-...
> Thanks for the reference. I'll have a look on it. But as far as I've seen,
> not always the problem is with not-yet-flushed-data. Some times, some
> program keeps my USB drive "locked" and I can't do anything, because I
> don't know which program is doing that. What can I do in those cases?
>
> Rosivaldo.
>
> "Warp 10" <> escreveu na mensagem
> news:...
>> By default, USB storage is optimized for quick removal.
>>
>> Make sure that the usb flash drive is set to this option!
>>
>> What that means in
>> practice is that write caching is turned off, so windows doesn't wait and
>> keep stuff in memory waiting for the best time to write it to the drive.
>> That also means that windows doesn't have to flush the cache before
>> telling
>> you it is safe to remove the drive.
>>
>> Optimize for quick removal doesn't mean there will never be a write in
>> progress when you pull out the drive, and if there is, you might loose
>> data.
>> You are probably safe if you wait until the drive hasn't shown any
>> activity
>> for 10-15 seconds.
>>
>> I just unplug my usb flash when I see that the little led it has is not
>> blinking and never care about safe removal..
>>
>> also see this>>>>>>>>>.
>>
>>
>> http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/12...-what-it-says/
>>
> (...)
>> "Rosivaldo Fernandes Alves" <> wrote in message
>> news:1C8E02D9-C538-495C-A3C9-...
>>> Everyday, I use two USB flash memory sticks to sync data with my HD.
>>> Many times, even after the sync is over, I can't remove one or both of
>>> them. Windows says they're being used. I can't find which program is
>>> using them. How can I find that, in order to stop it? Additionally: how
>>> can I find which programs have files/folders open at a given moment?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> Rosivaldo.
>>
>