Multi card reader

[anotheoldgit]

My computer has multi card reader slots.

After I have downloaded my photos from my camera's SD card, I go to MY COMPUTER and it does not show a particular removerable disk letter my photos are stored on. I have to click on each letter before I find where they are stored.

Before I take out my card from the slot I use the safely remove hardware icon on the bottom menu, and remove my card.

The trouble is that when I go back into MY COMPUTER all the lettered drive icons for my card reader have disappeared and I cannot get them back until I have shut down my computer and re-started it.

Could anyone please explain why this is so, and is it necessary to use the safely remove hardware facility?

[fo3nix]

Don't use the safely remove hardware for devices you aren't actually plugging (the USB cable, I mean). Use it for flash drives and other things, but not your multicard reader.

Instead, go and find the drive that you've been using in My Computer, right-click, and choose Eject from the menu. Wait a second then pull your card out.

[anotheoldgit]

Thank you so much for your answer fo3nix, it was most instructive.