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    do a shut-down and remove it while it is shut-down, a shutdown or a restart will force a cache flush. In XP the program "fileMon" (system externals) could give you clues as to what is still working with the drive. Close all the windows that might be open to it including requesters & or programs that might be open to it. stop or complete any thumbnailing or indexing that might be occuring to the drive, or just wait till it is fully completed, indexing can take time with a lot of small files. Disable the disk item in the device manager, it also forces a cache flush before departure. 101ways Commented Mar 4, 2012 at 8:27
  • Do you happen to be listening to any of the music on the drive as you try to eject? Or perhaps do you have your media program open? Commented May 29, 2012 at 2:13
  • This answer might be related to your question. Commented Dec 7, 2015 at 11:41