Disk ejected warning

I'm getting "disk not ejected properly" warning and don't know why, there was no disk ejected. This has happened several times. Has anyone else had this problem and what do I need to do to correct this.

I was trying a long bet - the Western Digital drives are somewhat notorious for symptoms like you describe.
Anyway, is your OS in fact Lion?
I have LaCie (Firewire) and it works great. Is your drive connected via firewire or USB?
I will suggest two things to consider and then let others have a whack at it.
(1) In System Preferences, Energy Saver, do you have "Put disk(s) to sleep...." checked? If so, does this behavior persist when this box is unchecked?
(2) It is possible that the cable used to connect your drive is faulty and this is causing your symptom.
charlie

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I do a lot of importing photos from Compact Flash cards, so much so that I get really tired of ejecting each one after import. I even pull my ipod without ejecting as long as there's no transfer happening. Every time I have to click that I understand the implications of my actions. I there a way to disable the warning? I know what I'm getting myself into and I'm OK with that.
Thanks,
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No. If you fail to eject any disk device properly then there's a risk that cached data will not be fully written thus corrupting the device's data.
This doesn't happen with an iPad or iPod when syncing has stopped because the sync process does not leave cached data unwritten until the device is ejected unless you remove it before a sync has completed. It will happen, however, if you use the iPod in disk mode. The iPad has no default disk mode. You must use a third-party app in order to read or write directly from an iPad. The issue is also academic for iPads and some iPods that do not have disk drives.

At a complete loss. Worried data is gone for good. Trying to fix disk by booting Disk Utility from installation DVD but disk ejects. Help!

Hello Comunity,
I'm at a complete loss and I hope you could help me.
The machine I have is I believe an early 2006 iMac model. (Model identifier 4,1 if I recall correctly).
Awhile ago I installed Snow Leopard on the machine but have since begun encountering serious problems (but I think it's due to the hardware and it's age rather than the software, Snow Leo was running smoothly) and now the computer won't start - I'm faced with a grey screen and a flashing folder with a question mark on it. I tried booting using the various key combinations and as I understood it, my last resort at fixing it myself would be using Disk Utility on the installation DVD.
This is what happens:
I boot the computer, insert the disk, press down and hold C (also tried Option). I hear the computer trying to read the disk, but after a considerable aount of time holding down the key and a grey screen, the disk ejects and the flashing folder returns.
Could anyone offer an insight or advice?
At this point I'm not even that interested in fixing the machine, but there are some extremely valuable files that I need to recover (the machine gave out just days before I got my extrenal HDD to back them up).
I'm worried about taking the machine down to the Genius Bar - I'm a completely self-supporting student and I imagine the recovery cost would be huge (if anyone could provide any information on the potential cost of the repair and/or recovery that would help).

One thing to try without needing the install disk: reboot holding down cmd-S. It should reboot to a black screen and text prompt. Type the following, with spacing exactly as shown, hit the return key after each line:
mount -uw /
fsck -fy
Then type
reboot
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Do you have any other Macs in the household (or cna use a friend's) that you can try connecting to it with a Firewire cable? If so, reboot the iMac holding down T, you should see a large Firewire symbol moving across the screen. Connecting to another Mac with a FW cable will show you the iMac's hard drive mounted to the other Mac's desktop.
You can also try Diskwarrior, which fixes drive filestructure problems. It's around $100.
Professional data recovery cost would depend on a) whether the hard drive is actually at fault, b) if it's physically damaged or just has a filestructure problem. A physically damaged drive can go into the thousands of dollars for data recovery; a drive with filestructure issues usually costs a lot less to recover files.
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If it's a click click, it may well be the sound of a dying hard drive. Back up all your data to a firewire external as soon as you can, I use SuperDuper! to make a bootable clone.

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Hi folks,
I have a FW800 2.5" HDD (powered through FW port).
When I close the lid on my computer it goes to sleep. If I leave it that way for a longer period of time, I get the disk was not ejected properly error when I bring the computer out of sleep. I am not sure how long it takes, as I've not sat here testing different time periods. But I do know that if I just hit sleep in the APPLE menu, the computer sleeps fine. I can then bring it out of sleep and HardwareGrowl shows me the (pre-sleep) Device Disconnected message and then the post sleep Device Reconnected message. I get know error.
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CSV Volume low on disk space warning alltough the space isn't used (VSS?)

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we are running a HV-2012 Cluster. most of the VM's are backuped by DPM 2012 r2.
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First thing is that you're running out of space and need to move quickly to make space while you figure this out. When you run out of space, the VMs will shut down.
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back into one file.
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Time machine files and disk space warning.

hello, i have ran into some unknown issues with my os x and even though there have been similar topics discussed i would like to address mine and i hoe someone can help me out.
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can i hide them?
Update: found terminal command to hide the successfully.
i ran verify disk and verify disk permissions and everything is OK.
following reports were made:
Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Performing live verification.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume Macintosh HD appears to be OK.
Verify permissions for “Macintosh HD”
Reading permissions database.
Reading the permissions database can take several minutes.
Permissions differ on "private/var/log/secure.log", should be -rw------- , they are -rw-r----- .
Permissions differ on "private/var/spool/cups/cache/rss", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are drwxrwxr-x .
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Permissions verification complete
Repairing permissions for “Macintosh HD”
Reading permissions database.
Reading the permissions database can take several minutes.
Permissions differ on "private/var/log/secure.log", should be -rw------- , they are -rw-r----- .
Permissions differ on "private/var/spool/cups/cache/rss", should be drwxr-xr-x , they are drwxrwxr-x .
Permissions differ on "Library/Preferences", should be drwxrwxr-x , they are drwxrwxr-- .
Permissions differ on "Library/Application Support", should be drwxrwxr-x , they are drwxrwxr-- .
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still bugs me why i am getting this warnings, nothing today but you never know when next one will pop...
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Leopard installation disk ejects before installation begins

When I attempted to install Leopard after the initial screen and the reboot, my iMac chugged a bit then ejected the install disk. After several attempts which resulted in the same thing, I called Apple and, during the hour I was on hold, kept trying. At the end the install started and so I hung up. However, I am not sure the installation was quite Ok since there appear to be some anomalies. For instance, the little close, minimize and expand "LEDs" at the top left are all grey, no color although, on my PowerBook, where the installation went fine, they are the usual red yellow and green. ALso, when I rebooted the iMac after the install, my wall paper was gone although, again, when I did the same on the PowerBook, it was back again. I decided to try to reinstall on the iMac but again encountered the same problem, the disk ejected before the install started. Any ideas?

Premature disk ejection can be caused by bad RAM or a "greasy" disk.
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My Seagate external 250GB hard drive ejects improperly without command. I am trying to use Time Machine to backup my macbook via usb cable... I keep getting the message that the disked ejected improperly... Any solutions...

My Seagate external 250GB hard drive ejects improperly without command. I am trying to use Time Machine to backup my macbook via usb cable... I keep getting the message that the disked ejected improperly... Any solutions...

You are not alone. Thousands have this problem, on various models of Macs. Short answer, it has something to do with the disk going to sleep (possibly?). You can't do anything about it and Apple won't address the problem. Maybe you should buy a time capsule. Just keep giving them money and use their proprietary equipment.
For a more complete answer, see this thread (all 65+ pages of it with NO SOLUTION IN SIGHT... except for some 3rd party solutions that sometimes work, sometimes don't): Disk Drive ejecting itself

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I have macbook pro Installed with mavricks version 10.9.2.
i am facing a sudden disk eject from my superdrive.
First i was not facing this problem but suddenly it apeared. Is it Hardware or Software Problem. Because i use hardly use my superdrive.
Please help me.

Hey prash2526,
Thanks for the question. I understand that you are experiencing issues with your SuperDrive. The following resource may provide a solution:
Apple Computers: Troubleshooting the slot-loading SuperDrive
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2801
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