eject kindle from pc?

joe134

hi Guys.
How do I eject my kindle touch from pc to read and charge at the same time ?
What does eject from pc mean ?

Dave_C_2

Eject or safely remove hardware means leave connected but don't read or write to the device. Basically telling Windows to ignore the device, in this case your Kindle.

Instructions for XP follow, other versions of Windows are similar

Option1
Click on the Safely remove hardware icon in the system tray.

It will give you a choice if there is more than one device plugged in and the kindle shows as a mass storage device. You get a confirmation that the device has been ejected,

Option 2
Open my computer and right click the kindle. Choose eject from the context menu, No confirmation.

In both options the kindle screen changes to the normal reading screen.

HTH, Dave

PS
In theory you should always eject any mass storage device, (camera, mp3 player etc.) as this guarantees that your PC won't be halfway through writing to the device when you physically pull the plug. This can cause corruption of memory on the device losing music or photos etc. Reformatting your device can be a pain.

In practise, as long as you leave Windows plenty of time to finish writing, then it's usually OK.

joe134

Dave_C wrote: »

Eject or safely remove hardware means leave connected but don't read or write to the device. Basically telling Windows to ignore the device, in this case your Kindle.

Instructions for XP follow, other versions of Windows are similar

Option1
Click on the Safely remove hardware icon in the system tray.

It will give you a choice if there is more than one device plugged in and the kindle shows as a mass storage device. You get a confirmation that the device has been ejected,

Option 2
Open my computer and right click the kindle. Choose eject from the context menu, No confirmation.

In both options the kindle screen changes to the normal reading screen.

HTH, Dave

PS
In theory you should always eject any mass storage device, (camera, mp3 player etc.) as this guarantees that your PC won't be halfway through writing to the device when you physically pull the plug. This can cause corruption of memory on the device losing music or photos etc. Reformatting your device can be a pain.

In practise, as long as you leave Windows plenty of time to finish writing, then it's usually OK.

Thanks Dave, much appreciated.
Does it have to be reversed if I want to download a book , or is everything the same ?:beer:edit;;done 1, ok.

Darksun

joe134 wrote: »

Thanks Dave, much appreciated.
Does it have to be reversed if I want to download a book , or is everything the same ?:beer:edit;;done 1, ok.

If you want to download a book after doing this then you will need to remount it, easiest way to do this is just unplug it and plug it in again