do you just yank it out or do you have windows stop it first

 

I have windows stop it. Sometimes i lost stuff when i just yanked it out.

 

I don't bother stopping it.

 

just take it out, just make sure it's not copying stuff when you do. never had a problem with it

 

some times i stop it, some times i yank it out

 

safe procedure, stop it first!

 

I yank it out...then slam it in...then out, and in, and then out, and in...




h:

 

i don't see any problem with pulling it out as long as no file transfers are going on

 

no the safe procedure would be to keep a copy of the data on the hdd and once done copying just pull out.

don't pull out until the job is done :rick:

 

But then you have to make sure the drive is protected h: Or if the computer is on birth control.


I was wondering also, but not for flash drives but external harddrives. I have been stopping it through windows first, but there were times when I got a message saying that it can't be stopped because there is something in progress. :dunno: