Windows 10 Unable to "safely eject" external HDD

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DinuDhanesan

I've been experiencing this for a while now.

Whenever i try to safely remove my Seagate External hard drive, an error pops up which says its being used by some programs when i am not actually using it. I tried to find out what was causing the problem and i found two warnings in the event viewer.


Log Name: System

Source: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-PnP

Date: 07-09-2020 17:41:36

Event ID: 225

Task Category: (223)

Level: Warning


Description:

The application \Device\HarddiskVolume3\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Platform\4.18.2008.9-0\MsMpEng.exe with process id 4832 stopped the removal or ejection for the device USB\VID_0BC2&PID_AB24\MSFT30NA9BYJGE.



Log Name: System

Source: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-PnP

Date: 07-09-2020 17:41:36

Event ID: 225

Task Category: (223)

Level: Warning


Description:

The application System with process id 4 stopped the removal or ejection for the device USB\VID_0BC2&PID_AB24\MSFT30NA9BYJGE.



I hope somebody can help.

Thank you.

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