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Using Windows Explorer, I moved several gigabytes of data from my hard
drive to a USB drive. Then later in the day, Windows Explorer crashed
- it said something like "Windows Explorer has encountered a problem
and needs to close" and it also mentioned the possibility of losing
data.
I know that sometimes when you copy stuff to a USB drive, not all the
data will get copied immediately, due to caching, and that's why you
need to click the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon before you unplug the
drive. I never clicked on that after I moved my files, because I just
left the USB drive plugged in. Is it possible that data on my USB
drive may have been corrupted by Windows Explorer crashing? I would
imagine that the caching mechanism is a lower level function that
wouldn't be impacted by an application crashing, but then maybe
Windows Explorer is deeply tied into the OS, so I don't know.
drive to a USB drive. Then later in the day, Windows Explorer crashed
- it said something like "Windows Explorer has encountered a problem
and needs to close" and it also mentioned the possibility of losing
data.
I know that sometimes when you copy stuff to a USB drive, not all the
data will get copied immediately, due to caching, and that's why you
need to click the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon before you unplug the
drive. I never clicked on that after I moved my files, because I just
left the USB drive plugged in. Is it possible that data on my USB
drive may have been corrupted by Windows Explorer crashing? I would
imagine that the caching mechanism is a lower level function that
wouldn't be impacted by an application crashing, but then maybe
Windows Explorer is deeply tied into the OS, so I don't know.