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evtldocha
1 year ago

yes, she was connected via usb and I pulled it off after the process was finished

Heavy handling error: Data transfer to USB devices is asynchronous. For the sending application (file manager, etc.), this is already completed and in truth, depending on the hapten memory size, there are many, many data in the “copy memory” and not yet on the USB device. For this reason, there is the “safe removal” of USB devices.

In addition, I would never use “move files” but would always use “copy files” when the target is a USB device and only then delete the source when you have checked that everything has arrived at the target.

Franky12345678
1 year ago

The file is…

This is because reading and writing processes are cached. This means that the data is first placed in the memory and is written from there slowly in the background on the disk (of which you don’t get anything)

If you pull a disk out, you always have to securely separate the disk beforehand.

Such an option is offered in the idr file manager when you click on the corresponding drive.

The following happens: The data carrier is immediately blocked for further access and the cache is fully written out.

Only when the computer tells you that you are allowed to pull the stick, and the flash on the stick does not indicate any access (because it can be that the stick is running internally as well), you can pull it off safely.

Apart from that, you should always proceed in such a way that at no time is the only existing copy on a USB stick. A USB stick is a pure transport memory that could have dropped you into the toilet or the like.

That means if the file is not yet in the backup:

  • File on the stick
  • Copy the file to the target computer
  • Record file to backup as well
  • Only when the file is properly stored delete it on the first computer (and possibly on the stick).

If you no longer have the first computer available (because it is a public computer or the like) or the file must be deleted, the file will send you in addition as an email or something. But also then as quickly as possible bring the file to secure port.

mchawk777
1 year ago

yes, she was connected via usb and I pulled it off after the process was finished

This could have been the mistake: You only assumed that the process was over, because if necessary the “shift window” has closed

Anyway: Don’t make backups? 🤷 ♂️