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Originally Posted by Pinecone
You do know that USB and other removeable devices are SUPPOSED to be ejected, not just disconnected?
Try that first.
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Personally the only USB device that I ever eject is my iPod, as this locks up if you do not do so.
As long as you are certain that the device is not being written to when you unplug it, then it makes no difference whether you eject it or not. I just make sure that sufficient time has elapsed since accessing the device in question before unplugging it.
In fact you can make this even safer by turning off write caching on the device.
In Windows open Disk Management
Right-click on the USB device in question
Choose properties from the menu.
Click on the Hardware tab, look for the properties button down in the lower right-hand corner, and choose the Policies tab.
Turn off write caching, then you never need worry about corrupting the data, before ejecting the USB device, just pull it out!