{"id":234,"date":"2018-02-01T12:19:39","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T12:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hi5software.com\/blog\/?p=234"},"modified":"2018-02-01T12:20:52","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T12:20:52","slug":"how-to-fix-cannot-safely-eject-sd-card-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hi5software.com\/blog\/how-to-fix-cannot-safely-eject-sd-card-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix Cannot Safely Eject SD Card Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-235 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hi5software.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Problem-Ejecting-USB-Device.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"489\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hi5software.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Problem-Ejecting-USB-Device.png 489w, https:\/\/www.hi5software.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Problem-Ejecting-USB-Device-300x114.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 489px) 85vw, 489px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You might have come across a situation when your SD card says it\u2019s still being used by the computer, although none of the programs is using it. You will get a message like this-<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cThis device is currently in use. Close any programs or windows that might be using the device and then try again.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What might have gone wrong due to which you are unable to safely eject the SD card from your Windows? Well! it happens due to several factors, like virus infection, memory card corruption, or problem in settings. No worries, if you are facing similar issues while ejecting the SD card from your Windows, then try out the following fixes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fix #1: Turn Off AutoPlay<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Navigate to Control Panel<\/li>\n<li>Then, select <strong>Hardware and Sound<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In Hardware and Sound, select <strong>AutoPlay<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Deselect <strong>Use AutoPlay for all media and devices<\/strong> check box<\/li>\n<li>At last, click on <strong>Save<\/strong> to confirm changes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Now, try to eject your SD card using safe Removal option. In case, the same problem persists, then go for the second method.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fix #2: End Programs using Task Manager<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open <strong>Task Manager<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Select all the programs that are saved on your SD card<\/li>\n<li>And, click on <strong>End Task<\/strong> button<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once you end programs, safely eject your memory card. If it doesn\u2019t solve the issue, try out the next method.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fix #3: Disable Write Caching<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to Device Manager<\/li>\n<li>Select SD card from Disk Drives<\/li>\n<li>Next, select <strong>Policies<\/strong> tab<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Optimize for Quick Removal<\/strong> button under Write caching and safe removal<\/li>\n<li>And, click Ok.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If it is already selected, then, deselect and select it back. Once after selecting this option, try to eject your SD card. If not possible, then you need to repair it as it might be corrupted. Before going to fix it using any method, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hi5software.com\/windows\/how-to-recover-data-from-corrupted-memory-card-without-formatting.html\">recover all data from damaged memory card<\/a><\/strong> using Hi5 Software Partition Recovery. Once you get back all data from the corrupted SD card, you can format it. Sometimes, you can\u2019t be able to format the card. In such situation, give it to repair experts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You might have come across a situation when your SD card says it\u2019s still being used by the computer, although none of the programs is using it. You will get a message like this- \u201cThis device is currently in use. Close any programs or windows that might be using the device and then try again.\u201d &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hi5software.com\/blog\/how-to-fix-cannot-safely-eject-sd-card-issue\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to Fix Cannot Safely Eject SD Card Issue&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hi5software.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hi5software.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hi5software.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hi5software.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hi5software.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hi5software.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236,"href":"https:\/\/www.hi5software.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234\/revisions\/236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hi5software.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hi5software.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hi5software.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hi5software.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}