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Posted by The White Whale (Member # 6594) on :

Regarding the "Safely Remove Hardware" Icon:

Left clicking on the icon will bring up the 'easy' menu, from which you can immediately select the desired device, while right clicking in 'expert' mode brings up the 'Safely Remove Hardware' option, from which you can then remove the desired device.

It doesn't change my life all that much, but it sure makes is simpler.

Although I usually just end up yanking the thumb drive out when the pretty lights on it stop blinking. I haven't had any lost data yet.

Posted by Achilles (Member # 7741) on :

[No No]

Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :

I also use the yank out method with my Ipod, no problems yet.

Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :

The only time I've had a problem taking it out without the "safely remove" thing was when I removed my external HDD. I don't want to repeat that.

Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :

But I'm utterly embarrassed that it never occurred to me to check.

Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :

The primary purpose for the Safely Remove option is for external storage (And more specifically, external magnetic drives, which can head crash if they are powered by USB and that power suddenly disappears). If you yank the cable while the drive is writing/reading data, it can cause big problems. That said, I've never used it myself. Mostly cause I've never used external magnetic storage [Big Grin]

Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :

I got a flash that over the course of a given day will get yanked unceremoniously out of five or six usb ports. I been using it for over a year now.

They're different than ferromagnetic platters in the way they store the data so you don't have to be as careful with them. Of course, at the same time, still have a regularly updated backup copy of what lives on your flash drive because the medium being more stable has led to a 45707% increase in the steponabbility, losability, leavonbusability, leaveinpantspocketsduringlaundrydayability, and
snapoffinportability of the data storage unit.

Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :

leaveinpantspocketsduringlaundrydayability

I did this to one Jump drive like 3 times and it kept working. Then it reached its losability limitations.

Posted by theamazeeaz (Member # 6970) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Boris:
The primary purpose for the Safely Remove option is for external storage (And more specifically, external magnetic drives, which can head crash if they are powered by USB and that power suddenly disappears). If you yank the cable while the drive is writing/reading data, it can cause big problems. That said, I've never used it myself. Mostly cause I've never used external magnetic storage

Back in the good(?) old days of floppies, you didn't eject the disk when the light was on. That was what the light was for. It was never that hard. I hate the amount of mother-may-I that I have to play with computers.