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Originally Posted by igorsk
Actually, unless you change the settings, all removable USB devices are by default set to "quick removal", which disables write caching and so you can unplug the device the moment the copying is finished.
Of course always using safe removal or eject is a good habit, but you make it sound as if write caching is always active, while usually it is not the case.
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True in theory. In practice, not all devices appear to "honour" this setting. Eg, I've just checked and my CyBook appears as "Optimize for quick removal" in Windows, and yet I know for a fact that unplugging it without doing a "safely remove hardware" can and does corrupt the file system.
I really would urge people not to rely on this. Doing a "safely remove hardware" takes only seconds, and could save you from a whole lot of grief.