# Because i cannot disconnect the drive safely?

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/because-i-cannot-disconnect-the-drive-safely/15980>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [August 8, 2014, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/because-i-cannot-disconnect-the-drive-safely/15980 "2014-08-08T14:01:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![tictac2](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/919ad9/32.png) [@tictac2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tictac2)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/because-i-cannot-disconnect-the-drive-safely/15980/1 "2014-08-08T14:01:37Z")

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I have windows 7 and I've always kept the tags of approximately 5 albums I can not disconnect and I have closed the program and any external hard drive file open.

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**Author:** ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/because-i-cannot-disconnect-the-drive-safely/15980/2 "2014-08-08T14:14:43Z")

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English: Because i cannot disconnect the drive safely?  
German: Denn ich kann das Laufwerk nicht sicher trennen  
French: Parce que je ne peux pas déconnecter le lecteur en toute sécurité  
Russian: Потому что я не могу безопасно отключить  
Russian: Potomu chto ya ne mogu bezopasno otklyuchit'  
Hindi: Maiṁ surakṣita rūpa sē ḍrā'iva kāṭanā nahīṁ kara sakatā, kyōṅki  
Hindi: मैं सुरक्षित रूप से ड्राइव काटना नहीं कर सकता, क्योंकि

Hmm ... ???  
[https://www.google.de/search?q=Because+i+ca...he+drive+safely](https://www.google.de/search?q=Because+i+cannot+disconnect+the+drive+safely)

DD.20140808.1814.CEST

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**Author:** ![tictac2](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/919ad9/32.png) [@tictac2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tictac2)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/because-i-cannot-disconnect-the-drive-safely/15980/3 "2014-08-08T14:25:14Z")

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When i edit approximately 5 albums different i can not disconnect and i have closed the program and any external hard drive file open.

There is an error with temporary files?

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**Author:** ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/because-i-cannot-disconnect-the-drive-safely/15980/4 "2014-08-08T14:41:21Z")

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> [@tictac2](#):
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> When i edit approximately 5 albums different i can not disconnect and i have closed the program and any external hard drive file open. There is an error with temporary files?

Probably there is running another application at the same time, which has write access and locks the files. This can be an indexing service, a virus scanner or whatever else.

Look into the Windows Task Manager, and try to find the suspicious application and close it.  
Use a different drive which is not under the control of an indexing service.

DD.20140808.1848.CEST

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**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/because-i-cannot-disconnect-the-drive-safely/15980/5 "2026-02-09T12:25:11Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC