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   Anonymous
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   https://www.pcworld.com/article/254868/safely_remove_usb_drives_just_by_unplugging_them.html

   As it turns out, however, you can safely sidestep Safely Remove Hardware with little to no loss of performance. In fact, this option may already be enabled on your system, and you just didn't know it. Yep, you may have been wasting extra clicks all this time.

   http://www.7tutorials.com/do-you-want-stop-using-safely-remove-hardware-notification-icon

   The Solution: Enable the Quick Removal of USB Devices/Disable Write Caching.
   What is the Performance Impact? - A Quick Benchmark
   At least in theory, there should be some performance impact for not using write caching in Windows, for external USB devices. I wanted to test this hypothesis and learn more about the performance impact.
   The Conclusion - It is Safe Not to Use Safely Remove Hardware

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   BuBBy
   Teh adnim

   Does it matter whether you ‘Safely Remove' devices, as Windows requests? Yes. If you pop a memory card out of its reader or pull an external drive out of its USB port while Windows is reading or writing data, you could end up with corrupted files, unreadable media, or both. The problem is, it's not always easy to tell when Windows or an application is reading or writing data. In fact, all may seem quiet on the read/write front, but a program might be doing something behind the scenes.

   That's why it's essential to use the Safely Remove Hardware option--hidden and slightly confusing though it may be.

   http://www.pcworld.com/article/217196/how_to_safely_remove_devices.html

   In the end, there's no reason not to eject your drives, and doing so will ensure your data is uber-safe. Windows users may be less likely to experience issues due to the way Windows handles removable drives, but they aren't 100% immune. Ejecting the drive is a great habit to get into, since without it, you wouldn't always know if it were safe to remove or not.

   http://lifehacker.com/5863810/do-i-really-need-to-eject-usb-drives-before-removing-them

   The data on my USB drives is important enough that I don't mind a few extra mouse clicks to manually stop/eject the drive before unplugging it.

   In other words - you don't always have to look both ways before you cross a road - most times you will never get hit by a bus.

   It only has to happen once.

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   Anonymous
   Unregistered

   In the end, there's no reason not to eject your drives well I can try put it not work on free Wi-Fi at the Library so far so good The PC's are on lock down so you can not hack then you not see system or C:Drive only see usb & desk-top & some kind of go back.

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   BuBBy
   Teh adnim

   As you said, "so far so good". It might work 99 times in a 100 that you can just unplug usb memory stick or usb hard drive with no problems. For that 1 time in 100 when you lose files, will the library compensate you for your lost file/data/device? (if they have removed the option to safely remove a USB device?)

   If you don't have the icon in the system tray, you might be able to right click on the drive letter from another program (or the usb icon on the desktop?) and select "Eject".

   I've had students hand me their drives that they "just unplugged" - and the story is the same, "usually I just pull the plug out and it has always been fine". They don't feel any better that this was a 1 in a 100, or 1 in 1000 event... just unlucky.

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   Terri218
   Member

   Just curious, what kind of applications would cause Windows to be reading or writing data if you are not actively downloading or using a file from the USB drive?

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   graylox
   Moderator

   The first coming to my mind is
   the AV software...
   indexing...
   a programme calling home for update...

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   Anonymous
   Unregistered

   (if they have removed the option to safely remove a USB device?) A: no you can click on it but it say not safe to remove as in use so give up and take out & hope so far so good been going to the free Wi-Fi at the Library for years and all downloads are good only get the big one as no good on dial-up

   Posted 11 years ago #

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