Post by Jerry B on Apr 22, 2017 22:56:13 GMT
Hi
A few days ago I was reading a discussion about Flash Drives. The consensus of opinion was to "Eject" the drive before removing it from the USB port. This is done by right clicking the Flash Drive symbol in "My Computer" and selecting "Eject" from the menu.
The reasoning is pretty technical and I have to read more (I am an EE with solid state background). It seems that some drives have a small power storage to keep the device "alive" and not ejecting the device leaves the power in the chip. Ejecting shuts that power "off" and lengthens the life of the drive. Most important nothing is trying to access the drive if Ejected.
Another caveat. If you are copying file(s) to the Flash Drive, wait until the file transfer is complete. If one does not wait, one increases the chance of losing everything. It is not like a CD or DVD where nothing happens, although I have had to throw away a few due to removing the disk prematurely.
I have been lucky so far. Up until a few days ago I just "yanked" the Flash Drive out of the USB port. Needless to say, I now use "Eject".
Jerry B
A few days ago I was reading a discussion about Flash Drives. The consensus of opinion was to "Eject" the drive before removing it from the USB port. This is done by right clicking the Flash Drive symbol in "My Computer" and selecting "Eject" from the menu.
The reasoning is pretty technical and I have to read more (I am an EE with solid state background). It seems that some drives have a small power storage to keep the device "alive" and not ejecting the device leaves the power in the chip. Ejecting shuts that power "off" and lengthens the life of the drive. Most important nothing is trying to access the drive if Ejected.
Another caveat. If you are copying file(s) to the Flash Drive, wait until the file transfer is complete. If one does not wait, one increases the chance of losing everything. It is not like a CD or DVD where nothing happens, although I have had to throw away a few due to removing the disk prematurely.
I have been lucky so far. Up until a few days ago I just "yanked" the Flash Drive out of the USB port. Needless to say, I now use "Eject".
Jerry B
