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This is one of those questions that has a short answer and a long answer. The short answer is this: you should probably always eject a drive before removing it, even if the context menu doesn't have ...

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For years, the rule has always been to eject your USB drive before removing it from your computer. Of course, a lot of people ignore this outright and just yank the drive, and for the most part, their ...

Following up on last week's guide to creating a shortcut to Windows' Safely Remove Hardware dialog, the How-To Geek weblog details how to set up a shortcut or hotkey to immediately eject a specific ...

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Safe ejection is good practice as it can prevent data corruption, but incidents are relatively rare. Modern OS and device caching reduce failure risk, so abrupt removal usually causes no harm. It's ...

Q: Why do I need to eject a USB thumb drive before I pull it out? What happens if I just yank it without doing so? A: Oh boy, you’ve probably broken the entire Internet by not using the eject feature ...

This free software was originally designed to remove only USB pen drives but will now eject any USB or firewire device that Windows sees as a disk. It can also eject flashcards from card readers. It ...

We use our external USB storage devices, peripherals, and several devices almost daily. When taking out the USB Storage devices, it is advised to use the Safely remove the USB Storage device option.

When CHIN3927 attempted to remove a USB external drive, Windows’ wouldn’t provide the Safe to Remove message. The Answer Line forum offered help. When Windows tells you that you can’t safely remove a ...