usb flash drive

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Hi, i get this question all the time. Can anyone explain
why one has to stop a flash drive before unplugging it
form the port?
thanks
 
Windows XP is "caching" the files in RAM. You usually need to "flush" the
cache before removing the drive from the system. Internal floppy drives and
CD/DVD drives seem to already do this, automatically.

However, you can change this "option" in Device Manager. You can set the
flash drive so as not to require the "Save to remove..."
 
Thanks, But how do i diasable that option from device
manager. Does it also apply to Win 2000.
Thank you.
 
ik said:
Hi, i get this question all the time. Can anyone explain
why one has to stop a flash drive before unplugging it
form the port?
thanks
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Cache or no cache, if you eject or remove a storage device (disk or
memory card/thumb) while the computer is atempting to write data there
the contents of the storage device could become corupted. Such
corruption could even disrupt access to files that were succesfuly
stored earlier, since indexes and space availability tables need to be
rewriten. The process to remove storage media tells the computer to not
try to store anything on the detachable "drive".

Note that Windows and some applications sometimes attempts to store data
on storage devices at unexpected times. Since floppy drives have been
around so long the operating system doesn't ussually attempt that on
drives a & B, but it tends to treat removable memory storage like a hard
drive.
 
Hi!
1. If there is any pendig operation between pc and flash drive and you
unplug flash drive some files can be corrupted.
2. It has to be cut off the current before unplugging, otherwise the device
(flash drive) can be physically demaged.

G.
 
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