Do you safely remove hardware

View Poll Results: Do you use the safely remove hardware option on USB devices

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  • Always

    28 50.00%
  • Never

    11 19.64%
  • If I remember

    9 16.07%
  • When Necessary

    8 14.29%
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  1. Posts : 627
    Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
       #1

    Do you safely remove hardware


    I was just wondering how many people actually use the safely remove hardware USB option.
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  2. Posts : 83
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
       #2

    I only safely remove it when the hardware I use is not mine. I just unplug the hardware if it's mine, whatever it is. I never had something that broke because I didn't safely remove it.
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  3. Posts : 3,371
    W10 Pro desktop, W11 laptop, W11 Pro tablet (all 64-bit)
       #3

    I personally always do a safe removal. Doing a safe removal checks to make sure all open files are closed and any cached writes have been written to the device.
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  4. Posts : 1,114
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
       #4

    It only takes once that you lose alot of important files that you can't get back so +1 on safely remove
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  5. Posts : 4,466
    Windows 10 Education 64 bit
       #5

    Always
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  6. Posts : 46
    Windows 7 Ulti x64
       #6

    Never.
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  7. Posts : 2,528
    Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
       #7

    On windows, NTFS aggressively writes to removable media (anything that will bring up the safely remove option). As long as you don't INSTANTLY pull the drive, I've never lost anything by not doing it, though because of (below) I now just do it out of habit.

    Linux though (and possibly mac but not tested) has the /laziest/ cache writing mechanism imaginable for every file system I've used. You HAVE to use it or you WILL lose your data.
    Last edited by fseal; 27 Sep 2010 at 16:53.
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  8. Posts : 2,344
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #8

    I always safely remove hardware
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  9. Posts : 10,994
    Win 7 Pro 64-bit
       #9

    I was copying some files to an external hard drive. I unplugged before it was finished because I was in too much of a hurry to use the safely removed hardware option. Lesson learned.
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  10. Posts : 6,292
    Windows 7 64 Bit Home Premium SP1
       #10

    We need an "when necessary" option.

    I always use it for external hard drives.
    I never use it for thumb drives, cameras, or printers.
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