Safely Remove 2.1

2.2 out of 5 stars 2.2 (12 votes)

(March 18, 2007)

Windows 2000/XP / Shareware; $24.95 / 407 downloads

Safely Remove is a system utility designed for stopping USB Flash Drives connected to the computer. It allows you to view, edit and stop a connected USB Flash Drive. Supports keyboard shortcuts and system-wide hotkeys. Allows to define sounds on USB Flash Drive Stop\Load events.

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  1. 5 out of 5 stars
    Diam0nd

    Reviewing 2.1 (Jul 9, 2008)

    Pretty excellent small utility, even tho price (20usd) might be a tad too high for what it does.

  2. 3 out of 5 stars
    berserkchaos

    Reviewing 2.1 (Mar 29, 2008)

    It is usefull... but the price is too high for such small utility.

  3. 5 out of 5 stars
    phatman

    Reviewing 2.1 (Dec 24, 2007)

    Latest Version 3.2 is actually extremely useful (price is also reduced to $20 or £10 in local change).

    If like me you often get an error message indicating that a USB device is still in use (I use a lot of portable apps on flash drives), then Safely Remove will allow you to list any application or process that is still using the device.

    The developer also has a roadmap with some very interesting developments on it including a portable version of the app (so it can be run from USB), Stopped devices reactivation (providing the device hasn't been unpluged), drive letter management (again a problem I have faced - would be useful for devices to always be assigned the same drive letter) and USB Power Management details (again some of the non powered hubs I use have a tendency to run out of puff).

    None of these have been implemented yet - but I would find all / any of them useful.

    I for one am quite happy to part with £10 for such a useful peice of software (it also allows autorun of programs on the USB Device when plugged in - fogot to mention that). I am using it with PStart for a complete USB Solution (providing a very slick user experience for any number of USB Flash / Disk Drives).

    If you are constantly attaching and running USB Devices then give USB Safely Remove a try (you can download a trial version).

    Also just incase the interface (screenshot above) puts you off - the inteface has been vastly improved and is now much more modern Vista ish design.

  4. 1 out of 5 stars
    Stingray57

    Reviewing 2.1 (Mar 25, 2007)

    Interesting idea- focusing on a very small narrow market. Charging 25$ to add shortcuts for the disconnect of a USB drive; to save 4 clicks...

    Double click USB devices icon, click to select the drive and click to stop the device.

    Well you have to make money somehow.

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