Do you safely remove your flash drive?

[FoBoT]

i used to
then i started using it frequently and got tired of it
so now i don't

 

[dartworth]

i use the pull out method...

 

[lobadobadingdong]

I know too much about electricity, I power it down first.

 

[LuckyTaxi]

yes i learned the hard way. I didnt unmount my ipod from my iBook and I lost all my music files.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: lilcam
yes i learned the hard way. I didnt unmount my ipod from my iBook and I lost all my music files.

Odd, I always yank the cable out of my U2 iPod without unmounting it from iTunes on my XP rig and nothing happens, granted, I never did it WHILE it was syncing, only after it was connecting idly.

 

[sswingle]

I make sure the light isn't blinking. blinking light=data transfer. If the light is not blinking, I yank it out. Never lost a thing.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Unless you have Write Caching enabled then there is no reason not to simply pull it out

 

[Stvfarmboy]

I go to safely remove hardware. A question for those that just pull it out. Did you change the option that sheik124 pointed out?

 

[sswingle]

Originally posted by: Stvfarmboy
I go to safely remove hardware. A question for those that just pull it out. Did you change the option that sheik124 pointed out?

Nope, didn't know it existed. What is the default setting?

 

[Megatomic]

I do it safely. Why not?

 

[imthebadguy]

yank

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: dartworth
i use the pull out method...

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: mariok2006
You know...clicking in the bottom right of the screen and remove if safely or do you just yank it out?

That's how most USB devices need to be removed.

 

[antyler]

i posted this about two weeks ago in the peripherals thread, same results.

 

[DaFinn]

Originally posted by: Ornery

1. Why can you "just shove it in", but have to "safely pull it out"? 😕

So you don't... leave anything behind? 😛

 

[n7]

Unsafe removal FTW! 😀

 

[antyler]

Speaking of which, i think that my fan on my laptop is warping my thumb drives. I had one fail awhile back and the current one seeps to be a bit warped. interesting.

 

[jamesbond007]

Originally posted by: her209
I turn off my computer completely and unplug the power before I remove anything.

Ever heard of Plug n' Play? 😛 😉

I've ALWAYS yanked my flash drives out. I will wait ~5 seconds after I'm done writing information to the drive, but other than that, it gets pulled out; no safe removal! I have yet to lose data using this method, so until that happens, I'm changing nothing!

 

[Kelemvor]

I do it the right way unless I'm in a hurry or the laptop is crashing or whatever. Only takes a wecond with Xp for it to tell you it's OK to remove it.

 

[MrDudeMan]

what the hell is the point of using safe remove? i use my flash drive about 25-30 times a day and i never click safely remove. ever.

 

[secretanchitman]

i need to have my cruzer micro last me a while. dont need to screw the drive over by yanking it out, as i use portable thunderbird and firefox, which randomly write to the drive.