After clicking to safely remove a memory card, the 4-in-1 card reader remains shut down until I reboot the computer. How can I either a) easily restart the reader or b) safely eject the memory card and still keep the reader active? (This is an HP Pavilion desktop, about 3 years old).
You are shutting down the 4-in1 reader when you click safetly remove. You should be able to remove any card from the reader when you have finished reading or writting to the files without shutting down the whole reader.
Just remove the memory card when you are finished transferring files. It's not going to screw up anything.
If you are NOT in the process of reading from, or writing to the inserted card, it is safe to remove at any time.
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While you SHOULD be able to remove the card with no problems, some computers are set up to cache data and write it in one go to disks. There is a possibility you will loose data, but it is a very small chance. When you click to safely remove devices, are you closing down the right device? I can click on a specific card to safely remove just that card, rather than than closing down the whole card reader. I hope it helps you a little?!
