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Originally Posted by pilotbob
Huh... never did it, never had a problem. What does "power down" mean? The on off switch? Does that really "power down" the thing.
BOb
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It's not really a requirement. The whole idea behind powering down the device is to ensure nothing is being read/written to the card when you pull it out. That can lead to data corruption and eventually a bad card.
That's why in you have the option to "eject" a flash drive from your operating system without actually pulling it out. In the majority of cases, however, you're perfectly fine just pulling it out.