MM> it sucks how my external hard drive cant be shut down properly 
 MM> sometimes even when i want to eject the device. is there any way i 
 MM> can find out what programs are utilizing that device?

 G(E> What exactly occurs to a HDD? What you mean under "cant be shut
 G(E> down properly"? Are bad sectors appears? Or files are damaged?

it is an external HDD... probably connected via USB... they must be
unmounted first or data corruption can occur...

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