Windows7 not seeing External Hard Drive as "removable storage" but as a second "hard disk drive". No "eject" button?

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I am running 64bit Windows7 and have a USB 3.0 Seagate external hard drive (HD) connected. The external HD works great and I can access, store, and open files on it just fine. However, when I go to "My Computer" and want to safely eject the external HD so that I can remove it from the computer, the external HD is listed under "Hard Disk Drive(s)" along with my computer's normal C: internal HD, not under "Devices with Removable Storage." This means there is no "eject" button.

I'm worried about corrupting the external HD's files if I just detach it manually from the computer without ejecting first.

Any suggestions on how to eject the HD?

Nicholas

Posted 2017-04-24T19:03:48.363

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Question was closed 2017-04-25T00:29:20.003

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