Do you "safely remove" your flash drive ...

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Pooky said:
No but seriously now, don't you ever have trouble finding the slot? Or getting it out, who wants to 'safely remove' it when you can just slide them out quite easily.
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Finding the slot is not the problem, it's inserting it the right way round :D
 
how do you safely remove it? slowly?

I just yank it out before it's too late..
 
Pooky said:
No but seriously now, don't you ever have trouble finding the slot? Or getting it out, who wants to 'safely remove' it when you can just slide them out quite easily.
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Sliding it out is usally(on the assumption that there is consensus and the timing is right) a breeze its in the sliding in that you need to practice care, you can seriously break your flash drive!:eek:
 
Plugging in and out is no problem when the right equipment is used, but when you use the smaller USB cable, things get a little more complicated...
 
Back on topic... Sometimes when I need to remove either my flash drive or external hard drive, it says it's still busy and that I cannot remove it. What I then do is just remove it anyway and then insert the device again(device still worked). Then I do the Safely Remove thingy and all is fine.
 
Yes, I always remove safely if I've been writing to the device. If I've only been reading from it, I'll try a safe removal but if Windoze complains I'll just yank the bastid out.

Keeper said:
Plugging in and out is no problem when the right equipment is used, but when you use the smaller USB cable, things get a little more complicated...
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I personally dont have (or use) one of the smaller ones ;)
 
Pooky said:
No but seriously now, don't you ever have trouble finding the slot? Or getting it out, who wants to 'safely remove' it when you can just slide them out quite easily.
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Problem is if you have trouble getting it out, it means you where not good and the port got all dried up. Keeper i have heard from many usb ports that a small cable always cause's problems, the usb port's don't like small cables.
 
Pooky said:
No but seriously now, don't you ever have trouble finding the slot? Or getting it out, who wants to 'safely remove' it when you can just slide them out quite easily.
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you see, it's only a select few who are unlucky enough to have the undersized model flashdrives ....... hence all the sliding out (or, falling out syndrome) ;)
 
Damn i always have that problem meph, the damn stick won't stay in unless i push and push and keep pushing until the usb port final pops, then i can relax and breathe :p
 
I use to just pull it out, but since I use mine often in Linux now I have started to safely remove it. Ubuntu pitches a hissy fit if you insert a device that has not been "safely removed"!
 
I have heard you can do an upgrade if you have the mini-USB (right) to look like the bigger usb (left), but only a few people can do it and it's quite costly...

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You shouldn't use your back Ports for a USB-drive pooky. Keep it clean man!
 
Keeper said:
You shouldn't use your back Ports for a USB-drive pooky. Keep it clean man!
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I know I only use the front ones, that way it's easier to get in and I don't have to get down behind and search in the dark.
 
Just remember it's a ZIF socket. So if you pushing it in and it's not going in properly, you doing it wrong! If you keep putting it in the wrong way, you might have to go back to school and redo the A B C's of using your tools
 
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