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USB, Pendrive or FlashDrive is an extremely popular portable data storage device and it is really useful for computer users.
Although only as small as the thumb, but its effect is not small at all, USB helps you to store data, from a few tens to a few hundred GB of data, in addition, you can also use USB to create Windows USB, or create a rescue tool USB to repair Windows when faulty….
Generally speaking, there are a lot of interesting and useful things around the USB you have. Besides, you can plug, unplug and use USB on any device with a USB port, as it is a portable device (Portable), plug-and-play (PnP).
But also because of this, many people have the habit of unplugging the USB when done without using the feature Safe withdrawal (Safely Remove) of Windows. For a simple reason, it was LIFE.
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But unplugging USB without using Safely Remove mode will really risk you guys, your data will be corrupted or lost at any time. Even more black, the USB could be damaged …
Therefore, in this article I will guide you How to set up a shortcut for safe USB removal with just one key press on Windows operating system!
#first. About how to install keyboard shortcuts for safe USB removal on Windows
Previously, to protect all data in your USB is safe first, before removing the USB from the computer, you will have to perform the step Safely Remove to disconnect the USB data from Windows, before actually disconnecting it physically by unplugging it from the computer’s USB port.
You can read more this article to learn more about how to safely remove USB! But re-presented here, the article will be a bit long.
This not only applies to Windows, but it also applies to macOS and Linux as well. But most users, including myself: P, will often skip the secure USB removal step from the computer, especially when there is a rush, because using Safely Remove is quite time consuming.
And in fact, I have not lost any data because I pulled out the USB, maybe this is also the reason why I am lazy and not scared, guys ? Just give it a try ?
But since Windows 10 Version 1809 or later, Microsoft has completely changed the process of safely removing USB on Windows computers, by integrating and enabling the default feature to be Quick Removal: Allows you to suddenly disconnect the USB stick without going through the step Safely Remove again.
However, if you use Quick Removal, you will not be able to use it Write-Caching Policy to speed up read, write, and retrieve data on USB too. For details on this issue, there is already an article on the blog, you can review here!
However, if you just want to quickly remove the USB stick but still want to use Safely Remove and Write-Caching Policy There is still a way for you. Yes, the USB Disk Injector software will help you with that.
This is a free software that assists you in managing removable storage devices such as SD card, USB, MicroSD,… on your computer.
And because the USB Disk Injector supports creating shortcuts, we can take advantage of it to quickly and securely remove the USB with just one key on the keyboard.
How to do it, please watch the same article!
#2. Instructions for installing and using the USB Disk Injector software
Note: In this article I performed on Windows 10, Windows 7, 8 or 8.1, you do the same.
+ Step 1: Download USB Disk Inject software to your computer.
USB Disk Inject is 100% Free software, so you can go to the homepage of this software here => pull down select button Dowload it here => then click the button Download USB Disk Injector To download the latest version of it, the version I wrote at the time was 1.3.0.6.
Update add 1 backup link just for sure ?
Note: This is a portable software (Portable) so you will not need to install it, just run the file
*.exeis usable, so please unzip it to a certain folder for convenience after the download is complete.
+ Step 2: You run the file USB_Disk_Inject.exe To launch the software, you will have a very minimal interface with most of the area used to display connected USB devices, SD Cards, MicrosDs.
You can double click on the name of a device in this list to Safely Remove – safely remove the USB drive from Windows 10.
When not in use, press the key ESC on the keyboard, or minimize it to hide it under the Taskbar, it will continue to run in the background. Rest assured that this application is extremely light so it will not affect your computer’s performance.
Perform: But what we need in this post is create a key press Safely Remove for quick USB removal => so please click on More>> then choose Options to enter the Disk Injector settings.
+ Step 3: In the window Options just appeared, you switch to tab Hotkeys to proceed with setting up shortcuts for the software.
First, you click on the menu Bring to the front/minimize toggle To choose one of the ways the software will use it to identify your USB drive, we have the following options:
- Eject a drive – by drive label : Remove the USB in safe mode using the label or the name of the USB. This is a name like USB-Data, USB-Du-Lieu that we usually set that => Only use in case your USB does not have more than 1 partition.
- Eject a drive – by drive letter : Safely Remove USB uses wildcard characters – the main characters like C :, D :, E:, etc … that you => Do not use because the USB wildcard is often changed when used. on another Windows computer, or after connections …
- Eject a drive – by mount point : Safely Remove USB used
Mount Point(E: , C: , F: , …) => Not recommended because it is the sameDrive Letteron. - Eject a drive – by drive name : Safely Remove USB using the device name (eg: Kingston Data Traveler 3.0, Sandisk Extreme PRO, …) => Recomend using Since this device name is set by the manufacturer, it cannot be replaced on all operating systems.
=> Now you probably already know which option to use, right? I still choose Eject a drive - by drive name stop!
+ Step 4: Next, you click the drop-down arrow in the box below => and select the correct name USB, SD Card, MicrosD … that is being plugged into the machine, here I am using a USB 16 Kingston Data Traveler G3 3.0 Please.
+ Step 5: Finally, you click on the box F1 (first) => then press a key combination on the keyboard you want to assign to be a safe USB shortcut => and press the button Add to add, that’s it.
Note: Should put the shortcuts a bit weird to not coincide with the shortcuts on Windows, or shortcuts in Word ……
=> After creating, this shortcut will appear in the list below, you can create unlimited shortcuts for the same or more functions, but if you choose the wrong key, you must Remove it goes => and starts over according to the instructions flashed.
+ Step 6: Next, go back to the tab General => and tick on the line Start the program minimized => press OK let the software start automatically when you turn it on and is always in the background so that you can use the above installed keystrokes at any time.
So from now on, when you want to safely remove the USB drive and follow the correct procedure on Windows, you just need to press the correct key combination that was previously set => and when the message pops up, remove the USB.
# 3. Epilogue
So I have just instructed you in great detail how Set up a shortcut for safe USB removal on Windows using the USB Disk Injector software.
A pretty useful software is not it, and when you do not want to use it anymore, simply delete the folder of the software you have extracted. Hope this article will be useful for you. Good luck !
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