

You can also si gn up to have the Hassle-Free PC newsletter e-mailed to you each week. I can’t promise a response, but I’ll definitely read every e-mail I get–and do my best to address at least some of them in the PCWorld Hassle-Free PC blog. If you’ve got a hassle that needs solving, send it my way. Your mileage may vary, of course, but I think it’s worth a few milliseconds to avoid the hassles of having to mess with Safely Remove Hardware all the time. So, what are giving up by disabling write caching? According to the test results posted at 7tutorials, almost nothing. Go to Power & sleep in the left-hand menu and click 'Never'. Click or tap on Settings and then choose Change PC Settings at the bottom. As noted in its description, “you can disconnect the device safely without using the Safely Remove Hardware notification icon.” If Better performance is selected, switch to Quick removal and click OK. Bring up the Charms bar by pressing the Windows key and C together/swiping in from the right on a.

