Windows doesn’t always allow you to safely remove a flash drive or external hard drive. Klaatu asked the Answer Line forum for advice. If you simply pull an external drive out of a running ...

How to find and remove the hard drive from your computer. Start by removing the hard drive from your PC. If you have a desktop or tower PC, unplug it and remove the cover or side panel (some cases ...

tip for removing your hard drive from the Desktop. In Finder's Preferences pane, in the General tab, uncheck "Hard disks" under "Show these items on the Desktop" to clear away the icon.

Mac user Alex mounts a few different hard drives on his Mac, and wanted an easy way to tell them apart - so he made a custom icon for each. To do this yourself you need Icon Composer, which is ...

In brief: Do you have a devil-may-care attitude when it comes to removing USB sticks and hard drives, ... Using the Safely Remove Hardware icon makes sure all cached operations finish, ...

A few weeks ago on the Accidental Tech Podcast, Casey reminded me that it’s possible to customize the icons shown for hard drives. I knew this, but hadn’t done it in a long time. John chided Casey for ...