Constantly "Writing"

[brownbox]

Sansa E200
Vista Ultimate 32bit

Heres my problem
When I connect my sansa to the computer, it boots into the sandisk firmware (as expected), and says "Connected' on the screen. This is alright, and I can safely remove it. However, If I modify absoulately anything on the players drive (even rename a file), it will change the file accordingly, but the screen will still say "writing".  No matter how long I leave it plugged in, it never leaves this screen. I cannot safely remove the player when it is "writing". The only way I can (and have been) putting songs on and off the player is to just unplug it.  


I think it may be related to vista, but it shouldnt be as Sandisk says all over their site that its Vista compatible, and noone else is having problems. Also, could I have it in the wrong USB mode, which would cause this problem?

Im lost here guys...

Cheers
BB 8-)

[GodEater]

As far as I can tell there are very few Vista users on the forums. And it wouldn't surprise me at all that Vista is causing you these problems. There's a reason loads of people have gone back to XP you know

[brownbox]

that cant be good  

[Mad Cow]

Well with flash storage nothing should get damaged when simply unplugging if you're not reading or writing.

[Twilight in Zero]

I'm using Vista Ultimate, and the same thing happens when my dad plugs his Sansa in.

[cool_walking_]

Install unlocker, then right-click on the drive letter for the sansa, and select "unlocker".  That'll tell you what files are open.  This might give some insight?

[brownbox]

unlocker told me this

No locking handle found.
However Unlocker can deal with this object....

Guess its just a proper problem with vista ay?

[snoip]

No, I run XP Pro as well as Ubuntu, and the same thing happens to me on a regular basis.
With all the warning about unplugging while "Writing" is displayed on the screen, the fear of getting bricked, etc... I am too scared to just unplug it and will usually just wait till I reboot the computer to remove it.
But definitely not just a Vista problem.

[MarcGuay]

This is a problem with the Sandisk firmware and/or the operating system involved and its software.  If you report these problems to the right parties maybe you'll find solutions.

[(V)3@7Y]

im running Xp and also having the same problem.
windows refuses to unmount it, so basically i just end up having to unplug it during the "Writing" screen. no problems so far, so i guess it isnt reAlly a big issue.

[LurkAzusa]

Check out your anti-virus program.  Try disabling scanning on the drive and see if that helps.  I had that problem where the anti-virus was monitoring all drives, so it had an active process running at all times.  It will not unmount the drive if an active process is running.

[Chronon]

I often have a persistent "Writing" message (both in XP and Hardy Heron), but it has never prevented me from safely removing it.