Comments on: 4 ways to safely remove USB key when “Safely Remove Hardware” icon is absent from system tray

By: Safely Remove Hardware Icon - OSNN Forum

Safely Remove Hardware Icon - OSNN Forum — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:49:55 +0000

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10 top tips for this week – Blue Gurus — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:58:47 +0000

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By: Dzugavili

Dzugavili — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:07:55 +0000

To expand on that, NTFS-formatted thumbdrives (and I’m assuming other advanced filesystems) do return an error if removed incorrectly; Microsoft, who ironically coded the error handling in the first place, simple resets the log and doesn’t say anything. The error, I think, has to do with journaling filesystems, so it might exist in other filesystems using that theory.
That said, there should be no corruption unless you pull in the middle of the write sequence, which is a good deal more complex in NTFS than FAT for examples, meaning you’re more likely to catch it.

I’m still looking for an article that would tell me how to safely remove when it has been deactivated by the administrator; short thinking admins couldn’t see the legitimate use.

By: Dale Dixon

Dale Dixon — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:31:11 +0000

Cheers.
Just a side note to Dazed, given that ill effects are experienced sometimes – something which cannot be disputed, your point is moot.

By: Dazed

Dazed — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:56:41 +0000

I hope you know you can just pop the drive out with no ill effects at any time, unless its being written to when you do.

That safely remove hardware crap is useless.