How many of you actually Safely eject the USB stick from your PC? Not many, I am sure. We have this habit of just pulling out the USB drive randomly from the PC, without safely ejecting it, which ...

Sometimes, the “Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media” menu in the system tray shows devices that the user doesn’t need to remove, such as USB network adapters, Type-C monitors, SATA/SSD drives ...

For years, the rule has always been to eject your USB drive before removing it from your computer. Of course, a lot of people ...

Most Windows users have become conditioned over time to never unplug a USB flash drive or hard drive without first clicking Safely Remove Hardware in the System Tray. Why is that necessary? In theory, ...

Safe ejection is good practice as it can prevent data corruption, but incidents are relatively rare. Modern OS and device caching reduce failure risk, so abrupt removal usually causes no harm. It's ...

On Windows, at least, the era of living on the edge by recklessly ripping out your USB devices appears to be coming to an end. Windows 10 version 1809 has updated the operating system’s default ...

A USB flash drive is a reliable way to transfer files between PCs, back up important data, or even test out different operating systems. While most USB flash drives can last over a decade, their ...

For safety purposes as well as to prevent corrupting the data inside the external hard drive, it is highly recommended to safely eject the external hard drive. Although most Windows 10 already has a ...