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Originally Posted by eschwartz
davidfor, I have the exact same experience as you, except Windows keeps bothering me. These days I don't bother with checking for errors and I don't always bother to use Eject, but I did try most thoroughly back when I still cared.
It happens on most of my flash storage devices, and it does not matter which computer I use. Accoring to your logic, all my flashdrives, and my Kindle, have failing memory? Of course, I checked with linux tools and that doesn't seem to be the case...
I believe the common factor is the OS from Redmond.  |
Actually, my logic was based on an error. I was thinking BobC had a Glo HD, not a Glo. If he had a Glo HD, it would be a brand new device, and if has any weird behaviour, it might be a hardware issue and hence faulty. If I suspected that from something I had recently bought, I would exchanging it. You should also not I suggested to check with other machines. That was to eliminate the possibility that
As to the rest, how sure are you that the other OSes are not messing up? All they have to do is not clear the dirty bit and Windows will think it the filesystem is dirty and needs to be checked. Windows is probably being over protective, but, as it has found and fixed problems with different USB storage over the years, I'm going to keep letting Windows fix the problem. And of course, if I didn't ejected safely, I would assume that the dirty bit was set and that Windows would complain. And if the other OSes didn't complain, I would be concerned they weren't checking properly.