blackboxxx Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Description Defraggler locks all removable drives, preventing their ejection and safe removal using standard Windows methods. Steps to reproduce 1. Open Defraggler. 2. Connect a USB drive or insert a memory card into card reader. 3. Try to eject the drive (via drive's right-click menu) or safely remove it. 4. Close Defraggler. 5. Repeat step 3. Expected results Drive is ejected and/or removed when requested. Actual results Windows displays a message box stating that the drive cannot be ejected/safely removed because other programs are using it. That program is obviously Defraggler. Note It would be understandable if the drive couldn't be ejected while it is being defragmented, however this issue occurs even when the drive is idle. Defraggler version: 1.09.138 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmillerusaf Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Sorry to inform you blackboxxx but this is normal and I'll explain why... Defraggler uses real-time updating of storage space on all drives it recognizes which includes USB drives. So technically, all drives that Defraggler recognizes at start-up are constantly being read for any changes to disk space. I don't know if this is something the developers can fix, but this is definitely not a version bug. This has been going on dating back to the 1.06 version which is when I started using Defraggler. Test my theory... Delete something or install something while Defraggler is open and you can view the drive chart portion of the window. You will see the disk space amount change in real-time. I hope this helps, Keith There's always an exception to the rule. I'm that exception. Desktop ----- AMD Athlon 3700+ (2.64Ghz), 2GB DDR 400, ASUS A8N-SLI Premium, 500GB HD, Windows XP Pro SP3, Avira Antivir Personal At work ----- Intel C2D T1700 (1.6Ghz), 2GB DDR2 667, Dell OUY141, 80GB HD, Windows XP Pro SP2, Symantec 10 Laptop ----- Intel C2D P8400 (2.4 Ghz), 4GB DDR3 1066, Mainboard, 160GB HD, Dualboot: Windows 7/openSUSE 11.1, Avira Antivir Personal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MrRon Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Can you confirm that you are able to safely eject the USB drive after you have closed Defraggler. MrRon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackboxxx Posted August 8, 2009 Author Share Posted August 8, 2009 Sorry to inform you blackboxxx but this is normal and I'll explain why... Even though the data and pie chart updated in real time are nice, they are only displayed when the drive is selected. A drive that is not selected shouldn't be locked. This is clearly an annoyance that should be fixed. Can you confirm that you are able to safely eject the USB drive after you have closed Defraggler. MrRon Yes, after closing Defraggler the drive can be ejected normally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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