Daho… yes, the Safe Eject is the correct thing to do when removing a Passport device instead of just pulling on the USB connection…if something is running in the background like a movie playing or some action on a file/folder, you will definitely cause a corrupted file/folder that you may not be able to recover from. So always Safe Eject either thru the WD Apps or a right mouse click and Eject the drive from PC File Manager. However, since you get the Warning messages, you can try some other options…
- unplug the USB cable AFTER your PC is shut down. Re-plug into PC before a Turn on.
- if you need to Eject while your computer is On, go to Task Manager (rt click the lower tray and select TM) and End task of every WD running APP. These will re-appear after a PC restart.
OR…take a look at my reply to the past thread…on Jul 23 where I tried a permanent fix. I changed my Device Manager for the Passport to “Better Performance” from “Quick Removal” Try toggling back and forth to see what effects these changes have on your Safe Eject process. Also read some of the earlier posting in that thread or do a search in this forum for Safe Eject.
I’m really surprised that more WD users are not having issues, because they either falsely pull the plug, or they never Eject (most often on a desktop).
