Safely ejecting SD cards and USB flash drives is standard practice to avoid potential data loss - at least on the surface, ...

Ever yanked out a USB without ejecting it first? The consequences aren't always instant, but what goes on behind the scenes ...

When a USB device is ‘Disabled‘ in Device Manager or Safely Removed using the system tray icon, a Remove Device request (PnP IRP IRP_MN_REMOVE_DEVICE) is issued by the system to perform a ‘Soft ...

While they're becoming less common, USB drives are a great way to transfer large amounts of data from one device to another. However, be careful when using these devices because taking them out of ...

Have you ever lost important data due to inappropriate removal of external drive? Windows doesn't allow you to stop a device? Accidentally stopped a drive you don’t aim to remove? USB Safely Remove ...

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, ...

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 ...

You can disconnect your external storage device from your computer directly but it is not recommended. Disconnecting the storage device without using the Safely Remove Hardware feature may not only ...

It's common practice to hit "Safely Remove USB" before pulling out a flash drive from Windows devices, but Microsoft has officially called it quits on that requirements. As part of a new update, the ...

It is a warning that many people have already been ignoring for years, but now Microsoft has finally admitted that you don’t need to ‘safely remove’ USB drives. The tech giant has updated Windows 10’s ...