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Originally Posted by christopher22
If you remove usb before ejecting, is there any damage done?
I know if you unplug while synching you can corrupt data but what about just charging?
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It is best to eject before unplugging the USB cable in case a background process is writing files to the drive. I have seen this happen under OS X when it indexes the drive. I haven't looked into what Linux or Windows are doing, but I wouldn't be surprised if they behave in a similar manner.