Re: USB devices
From: Mikhail Zhilin (mwz_at_x.REMOVEx.aha.ru)
Date: 12/31/04
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Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 01:07:27 +0300
Rocky,
My reply to your same message I see and now (I loaded the latest
messages in OE instead of my usual Agent: did 'Tools -- Get next XXX
Headers' in OE menu), dated Thu, 30 Dec 2004, 10:28:17 Moscow time (30
Dec 2004, 07:28:17 GMT)
It is Year 2005 in Moscow now already.
Happy New Year! :)
-- Mikhail Zhilin http://www.aha.ru/~mwz Sorry, no technical support by e-mail. Please reply to the newsgroups only. ====== On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 19:55:52 GMT, "Rocky" <yr@ta.tot> wrote: >Thanks to all who replied! I understand now, the feature is mainly to >ensure that you don't unplug the device while it is writing, reading or >performing any other function. I was worried it may have corrupted >something in the registry or OS. > I don't get the "Safe to remove hardware" message with my scanner >though, is this just with devices that read and write data? It's not with >every USB device correct? > Thanks, and Happy new year! > > >"Mikhail Zhilin" <mwz@x.REMOVEx.aha.ru> wrote in message >news:tol4t05qjkbnmafr5i5kfkhfb1121v48bm@4ax.com... >> When you select "Safely remove" device -- Windows finishes all the >> operations with it, and closes all the files on it. >> >> Without this operation it is possible to damage the logical file >> structure on the removable drive when detach it, particularly if the >> writing to this device is not finished to this moment -- but no physical >> (including electrical) damages in any case. >> -- >> Mikhail Zhilin >> http://www.aha.ru/~mwz >> Sorry, no technical support by e-mail. >> Please reply to the newsgroups only. >> ====== >> On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 21:48:45 GMT, "Rocky" <yr@ta.tot> wrote: >> >>>Hi. When I hook up my smart card reader to the computer I see the icon >>>that >>>says to safely detach this device click here, which I do when I'm ready to >>>unplug it from the USB port. My question is, I forgot to do that the >>>other >>>day, and just unplugged the card reader and plugged in my scanner, did I >>>cause any damage? Everything seems to be fine, but would that cause >>>something to go wrong later on? I know with USB you can hot plug devices, >>>but I'm not sure if in this case I should have shut the device down first. >>>Thanks >>> >> >
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