Many times it might have happened with you that Safely remove
hardware icon disappears from the system tray and you are unable to
safely remove your USB/Pen drive. Pulling out the USB/Pen drive is not
recommended in such a case as it might prove to be harmful for the life
of your USB/Pen drive.
There is a setting for the USB drives which tells the OS how to optimize their usage. Either it is optimized for Quick Removal or for Performance. To check it, do the following:
- Right click on the USB drive icon in My Computer.
- Select the Hardware tab.
- Select your USB drive and click on Properties.
- Now click on Policies tab.
