is it safe to unplug a USB drive while Windows is in sleep/hibernate/off mode?
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Mar 15, 20269956 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I have a portable USB flash drive that I use with my netbook. When I'm on the go, it is convenient to be able to simply close the lid and remove my flash drive without first having to use Windows's Safely Remove Hardware routine. The netbook changes to sleep mode (ACPI S3 mode) when I close the lid…
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Fix for: is it safe to unplug a USB drive while Windows is in sleep/hibernate/off mode?
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The "Safely Remove Hardware" routine finishes cached/delayed writes to the drive, so data isn't left in an inconsistent state when the drive is removed. As far as I know, when your netbook changes to sleep mode it also finishes any writing to the fl…
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