My flash drive has been plugged into the USB port for a couple of days now because I keep getting:

...try stopping the device again later

when I try to "safely" remove my hardware.

So finally I googled it, and my first hit was this:
http://www.freewaregenius.com/2007/0...oesnt-want-to/

But I am wondering, can't I just pull it out if I know it's safe, because why wouldn't it be? It's not in the middle of writing my data.

Thanks.