I now have a USB hard drive for doing backups and storing less frequently used data. It needs to be plugged into the wall and for various reasons I don't want to carry it around with me whenever I want to work in another room/building.
<br><br>Right now, my USB hub has my keyboard, mouse and laser printer plugged into it. The beauty is that none of those things complain if I just unplug the cord and walk away. I'd like to plug my hdd into the hub as well.
<br><br>However, the hdd is not happy if I yank the cord and walk away. I get the nasty "Unsafe device removal" warning box and if I do it too many times, presumably I'll lose data too. I tend to move around a lot. Presumably I'll move around far more frequently than I'll use the ext hdd.
<br><br>Anyone know a way to set things up so that I can just unhook without a second thought?<br><br> * Goal 1: Not loose data, assuming the light on the front of the drive has stopped blinking before I unplug<br> * Goal 2 (optional): Not get the "unsafe device removal" warning
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Matthew Nuzum<br>newz2000 on freenode