On my machine here I can eject my USB drive and to reconnect I can either reboot or use device manager to scan for devices.
Just asking. What risky thing are you doing on the internet that is causing you some concern?
That is, at the office we go months between scans and find nothing but a few tracking cookies.
Bob
I have a Seagate 4TB Plus Backup that did not come with an on/off switch so it stays on all of the time. I am worried that when I am on the internet someone could hack into my system and copy what I have on the backup drive. The drive is connected by a USB cable.
I guess I could disconnect it by pulling the USB but I don't want to have to do this. Any assistance is appreciated.

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