External hard drive USB recognized as a drive in Windows 7

My external drive was not functiononing, so I formatted it recently. I gave him a normal speed format, using windows only. It is an external hard drive, 256 GB, connected via USB 2.0, formatted to NTFS.
After it was over, windows began to recognize the local drive, making it impossible for me to remove it safely (he does not give me the opportunity to do).
My concern is that it can affect some of my files if I just unplug the unit. I googled but didn't find any results that worked for me.
Any ideas for what to do? I'm not really good at these things. but I really need my perfectly functional hard drive.

It is normal for hard drives, they are USB drives physically internal or external, and the "Local Disk".

  • Open the Device Manager (start, type "Device Manager" (without the quotes) in the search box, press enter)
  • Expand the category of "hard drives".
  • Right-click on your external drive and choose 'properties '.
  • Click on the tab 'Strategies '.

The default value for the drives connected by USB is 'Fast moving' which, as the option explains "disables the cache on the device and in the entry window, but you can disconnect the device safely without using the safely remove hardware notification icon."

Or you can choose the "Best Performance" which "allows the cache in Windows for writing, but you must use the remove hardware notification icon to disconnect the device safely."

Make your choice, click OK, and're you good to go.

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