I'm glad you mentioned this. Because I remember that I used to interact with some type of "Eject" button. Definitely on macos, but also in windows. And I think one reason I've been using the "safely remove" option in the sys. tray, is because I couldn't find/see the "Eject" option (maybe specifically with these usb external drives and internal drive+enclosures)
To answer your question, I didn't even know there was a "drive tools" tab in the file explorer window. Hah. I don't recall ever noticing this. So, I checked just now. If I open a file explorer and highlight/select one of these drives, the "Drive Tools" tab appears at the top. But when I select "Drive Tools", Eject is grayed out - it's not clickable at all.
Back to me remembering clicking some type of "Eject" button to disconnect drives in the past. I wondered what would happen with a usb flash/thumb drive. I connected a 16GB kingston flash drive. Not only is the "Eject" option visible and clickable from the "Drive Tools" tab in file explorer, but there's is also an "Eject" option in the contextual menu when I right click the flash drive, right under the "Format" button.
This is how I used to "Eject" drives - maybe just flash drives? I'm almost positive, I used to right click and then choose "Eject" from the menu.
This is weird. And annoying. I don't want to have to "Eject" both drives at the same time, as though they're a single device. One might be in use, and the other one not...
Thanks for that picture. I might not have actually seen it, haha.
I'd like to figure out why this is happening, and how to Eject these drives/enclosures individually. Despite what this article claims:
https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/8/1...e-eject-usb-flash-drive-not-needed-windows-10
The flash drive is exFAT format, MBR (master boot record), and has the quick removal policy. It's listed as "removable" under the Disk # in disk management, and when I right click that area in disk management I *also* get the option to Eject from there...
Edit: This two HDDs in enclosures as listed as "Basic", just like the internal SSD, in disk management.