 Do you rip your USB stick out without "ejecting" it and wait till it's safe? Boost just because your beautiful ... Yeah you are ... Hugz Hugz & xXx Anonymous poll
Poll
Yes
73
36.7%
No
199 people voted. 126
63.3%
Voting ended 15 Sep 2024 at 21:24. 21 comments
 @Melissabeartrix @Melissabeartrix I use a few microSD usb card readers, noticed a while back that if I ripped them out without "ejecting" them first they didn't last very long and would need replacing, seems to corrupt and 'brick' some microSD cards sometimes :/ @Melissabeartrix I also think that waiting to eject is for imaginary reasons that have no basis in reality. I think it does help with the life of the removal media ... Even if it just cuts power to stop it arching and data transfer ... Hugz But I could be wrong ... Just what I was told many years ago by a data recovery person Hugz & xXx {Knocking on wood {taps head} for you} I've only had a couple just not work from purchase Hugz & xXx @Woodswalked @Melissabeartrix Back in the day, I had a friend who used SCSI drives and would frequently hot-swap the connections. "You're supposed power those off before swapping the connection," I said. "Yeah, I know they *say* that," he said. "But I've never had a problem." About a year later, I saw him again and he was powering everything off before swapping the connection. "Oh!" I said. "I notice you're powering those off before swapping them out now." He grimaced. "Yeah." @stevendbrewer cc: @Melissabeartrix @Melissabeartrix mainly using Linux with fat 32 USB drives NO WAY I'm unplugging it without safely ejecting it first. I sometimes wait a couple more minutes after anyways. @Melissabeartrix YES because what is the USB stick is replacable. It is also not used for backup; just transfering files from the scaner (since I have not configured the scaner fully to send emails yet). ⤴️⤴️ Come on let's get 100k votes ... We are nearly there ... spread the word ... Giggles Hugz & xXx  @Melissabeartrix actually, I eject and wait, and then I forget that it's still plugged into my hub, and MacOS automatically mounts it and I don't notice and then MacOS chastises me for not unmounting it. So both answers.  @Melissabeartrix No. I've only ever had it be an issue one time, but that issue led to days of work to correct. Bear in mind, I worked in IT where I was doing this several times per day. It's probably even less likely to be an issue for the average user. |
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@Melissabeartrix Sometimes yes. Sometimes no.