Windows Auto Indexing Stopping My Drive Removal

HI

I kept getting warnings saying my extrernal hard drive was in use when I tried to eject it.

I checked in resource monitor and it was windows search doing Auto indexing.

I had to manually turn off windows search to free it up.

Is there a way I can stop the search from indexing external devices, or at least stop it from indexing continuously?

I looked in Indexing Options in the Control Panel and it only listed the folders 'Start Menu' and 'Users' under indexed 'locations'.

I'm using Windows 8.1.


Cheers

 

Hi my friend , do you close any file which is associated with external hard drive ? There is a possibility having any file/folder opened of your hdd because of that you aren't able to remove your external hdd

 

Hi there,
Yes ta. Files/folder/programs closed.

 

You can turn off indexing totally (especially if you have an SSD drive) and just for one drive
http://www.online-tech-tips.com/com...rmace-turn-off-indexing-on-your-local-drives/