Thanks to paf, I got to know about Crystal Rich Ltd, the company that develops USB Safely Remove has started another round giveaway which will be ending in just 24 more hours. They seem to organize giveaways quite frequently and the free license that they’re giving away to everyone that requests for it only works on the current version 4.7. The registration code will not work on any future versions nor older previous versions. I’ve tried entering the 4.7 registration code on USB Safely Remove 4.1 but was rejected with the error license information is not valid. I guess that is not a big issue since they do giveaways every year.

The last time I reviewed USB Safely Remove was 2 years ago and back then it was version 4.1 with the famous “Return Device Back!” feature. If you go to the Releases category at their blog, you would notice that so many improvements has been made to the program which makes it so solid today. If you don’t know what is the USB Safely Remove software all about, it is basically a replacement for the “Safely Remove Hardware” in Windows with a lot of useful features.


You can read more about what USB Safely Remove can do from the official Feature webpage but I suggest you to request for the free license first, then only read because the feature page contains more than a thousand words!

To get your free USB Safely Remove 4.7.1 lifetime license:

1. Visit http://safelyremove.com/giveawaygaotd11.htm

2. Enter your full name (requires first and last name), email address and click the “I want the license” button.

3. Check your email and note down the registration name and registration code.

4. Download USB Safely Remove 4.7 and install.

5. To register the program, go to Help > Enter License Key… and enter your registration name and registration code.

This is a free lifetime license for USB Safely Remove 4.7. You can continue using it but won’t be entitled for update, downgrade and technical support.

Other than the very useful Return Device Back feature that I like very much, another feature which I personally think that is useful is the ability to power off drives on stopping in Vista & Win 7. In Window Vista and Windows 7, the drive would continue spinning and the flash drive continue lighting even though it has been stopped. This does not happen in Windows XP. USB Safely Remove is able to change this behavior and make the system power down USB ports. Running USB Safely Remove for the first time would prompt you this option, or you can manually enable/disable this from Options > General > Power off the device after device stopping.