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| Thread ID: 79837 | 2007-06-02 23:05:00 | USB Problem | B.M. (505) | Press F1 |
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| 555454 | 2007-06-05 07:55:00 | If you remove a CD-R while you are writing to it, don't expect to be able to read from it. That's because the filesystem has not been closed properly. But the disk looks OK;it hasn't been physically dameged. ;) All USB devices can be plugged in, or removed, without notice, without damaging the device. But if a device has a file system, that can be corrupted if the OS hasn't been given warning, and time to close the file system properly before the device is removed. Joe suggests that the OS can be told to keep the USB filesystem up to date at all times. I'd still use the icon. ;) I imagine you'd also have to find some way to unlock the drive (paperclip??) which may or may not cause physical damages to something.... It doesn't matter how much you tell the OS to constantly update the filesystem, someone will find a way to ruin it. All it takes is a half-second to click your device and choose remove or eject or dismount or whatever applies to your OS and you have no problem, vs staying up all night downloading recovery programs in the hopes that you can retreive your highly important whatever it is |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 555455 | 2007-06-05 11:05:00 | Ok, so what is the consensus of opinion? From what I’ve read it shouldn’t matter a bit if you unceremoniously disconnect any USB device as long as your not transferring data when you do it. If you do, the Data will be shot, but the Device should still be fine. Is that it? :confused: |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 555456 | 2007-06-05 11:12:00 | If you do, the Data will be shot, but the Device should still be fine . Is that it? :confused: Sounds about right . |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 555457 | 2007-06-05 23:33:00 | Thanks Guy's. We got there in the end. :thumbs: |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 555458 | 2007-06-06 00:14:00 | or if the OS hasn't fully written out any cached data | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 555459 | 2007-06-06 00:49:00 | I have all my USB storage devices set to "Optimize for quick removal" which means I can just pull the plug with out worrying about safely removing it... BUT if it was set to "Optimize for performance" then I will lose data if I just unplug it... (depending on if there was data in the cache) |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 555460 | 2007-06-06 00:56:00 | Now why didn't I remember about that option ...?? :D | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 555461 | 2007-06-06 07:12:00 | Not sure... but it seems Joe posted about that before... up ^^ there ^^ :p | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 555462 | 2007-06-06 07:31:00 | What do you know.. Musn't have read the posts properly | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 555463 | 2007-06-06 07:44:00 | YES...I did ! | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
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