Article ID: 887740
Article Last Modified on 11/16/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
SYMPTOMS
When you use the Safely Remove Hardware program to remove a universal serial bus (USB) device, you may experience one of the following symptoms:
- You receive the following error message:
- The wrong USB device is removed even though the USB device that you specified is still connected to your computer.
CAUSE
This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:
- You unplug the USB device from your computer while the USB service for that device is being stopped.
- You unplug the USB device before you receive confirmation from the Safely Remove Hardware program that the service is stopped and that the device is removed from Device Manager.
When you unplug the USB device before you receive this confirmation, the computer cannot find the USB device that you specified in the Safely Remove Hardware program. Therefore, the computer generates the error message that is mentioned in the "Symptoms" section, or the computer removes a different USB device.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
MORE INFORMATION
Make sure that you use either the Add/Remove Hardware wizard or the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the notification area to remove a USB device from Device Manager before you physically unplug it from your computer. When you correctly remove a device from the computer, you avoid the risk of data loss and the risk that the computer or the device will malfunction as the result of an unsafe removal procedure.
REFERENCES
For more information about how to troubleshoot USB devices, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
310575 Advanced troubleshooting tips for general USB problems in Windows XP
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