Windows 7: Can not safely remove hard-drive when using shared library function

Windows 7: Can not safely remove hard-drive when using shared library function

When using Windows 7 libraries for an external hard-drive. There is a problem when I go to safely remove the hard-drive. Windows won't let me because I have the drive assigned to the libraries feature. So the only way I can safely remove the external drive is to remove the library feature. Is there way to keep the library feature on and still safely remove the external hard-drive?