Re: Safely remove usb flash drive - Can someone explain?

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Clicking the Safe Remove icon ensures that all pending
disk writes are completed before you're given the go-ahead.
If you just pull it out then you might corrupt the contents
of the flash disk. Give it a try: Copy a large folder to it,
then remove the flash disk immediately after the process
finishes. You won't do any permanent damage but the
flash disk might have to be reformatted.


"Jack Sadie" <jacksadie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:LoOdnRegl5J45k7eRVnyvg@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Apart from intermittent "drive not recognised" messages which I have to
> ignore, I find flash drives extremely useful, but ....
>
> I would dearly like to know why it is necessary to click on the "safely
> remove your hardware" icon before extracting my flash drive? What
dreadful
> thing happens (or might happen)if I just pull it out ? I'm sure I've done
> that unwittingly already and without any drastic loss so far.
>
> (Sometimes I wonder if it is like the accusatory "Illegal Operation"
> messages which Bill Gates used to send me with unfailing regularity so
that
> I cowered with shame in and disgrace until I discovered that most of them
> were his fault anyway and nothing to do with me ! Or am I being too
> critical?)
>
> --
> Regards, Jack Sadie
> jaxalad-buying@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>


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