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d82twf
1 year ago

Hello Macalisu,

this is such a thing under the category “1000 times touched, 1000 times nix happened…”
This means in plain text: Usually, pulling out is not a problem if you are sure that no writing activity takes place on the external hard drive or stick. But especially if you have run (or run) software from one of these drives not so sure. Writing works often also take place when data is still in the cache. If the connection is simply disconnected, data loss can occur, i.e. “shot” data that may be written only halfway.

Hardware defects are rare, since due to the leading contacts of the power supply in the USB plug, the data pins can be first separated and thus a quick command of the firmware can be sent to park the read-write head in mechanical hard drives, whose execution is still secured by a small Elko.

Nevertheless, I would always recommend discarding the data carrier in the OS beforehand. But hand to heart: Who does that?

Officially, since Windows 11 version 21H2 it is no longer a problem to simply remove a disk when the correct setting has been made.
Computer Management –> Disk Management –> In the tab “Guidelines” of the relevant data carrier, mark and accept “Schnelles Removal”.

Then no more cache is written, but then the disk is slower… at least theoretical. How much would you have to try yourself, I couldn’t find a difference.

Kwalliteht
1 year ago
Reply to  d82twf

The difference in performance is noted when you not only use the Explorer’s file operations, but also perform video editing on the external disk. Video cut without cache is a disaster.

Kerner
1 year ago

Yes,

if you are in the disk management,

the hard disk, from the beginning in one dynamic data medium have converted.

There is always intermediate storage, which slows the data transmission very much.

Other GPT or MBR isn’t going, so easy.

Here, please “Eject disks” go.

Otherwise, the data that are just being retrieved is gone.

The clusters remain as destructive. And reduce the service life of the SSD dramatically.

At HDD, it can be even worse, as whole sectors have to be repaired.

Hanis

tomkaller
1 year ago

Complete data loss can occur. For example, my wife had connected a memory to the laptop, but no power supply. After the battery doesn’t last forever, nothing was to be saved from memory!

Kwalliteht
1 year ago

You know, I’d leave.

Kwalliteht
1 year ago
Reply to  Macalisu

Because Windows then ensures that the state of the external data carrier is really always exactly the one known to the system. Sounds great, but presses enormously on the performance, because Windows tells the data carrier to disable the write cache. As long as it’s just about copying files, the cache doesn’t really matter. However, as soon as files are processed on the external disk (they are on the disk and are changed, and that often), you notice it quite clearly when the cache is turned off. If performance does not play such an important role, you can use this option of course.

Usagi199y
1 year ago

Yeah.