"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
11/26/2013 at 16:30 • Filed to: None
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
11/26/2013 at 16:30 • Filed to: None | 0
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Seriously, has anybody ever damaged a disk (in this case, a CF card) by not ejecting it properly? Of course, if you yanked it out in mid-transfer, there might be issues.
Nibbles
> ttyymmnn
11/26/2013 at 16:31 |
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Yes
I've had people render flash drives unusable by not unmounting them properly
Rare, yes, but it can happen
ddavidn
> ttyymmnn
11/26/2013 at 16:31 |
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Yes I have. There is a possibility it will still be in mid-transfer.
exizeo - still loving fourza
> ttyymmnn
11/26/2013 at 16:32 |
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Yes.
RIP, flash drive.
HammerheadFistpunch
> ttyymmnn
11/26/2013 at 16:34 |
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Nope, in 10+ years I've never had one problem.
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ttyymmnn
> HammerheadFistpunch
11/26/2013 at 16:34 |
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Neither have I. However, I also make sure it's not in the middle of a data transfer.
Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
> ttyymmnn
11/26/2013 at 16:35 |
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Never have, yet people yell at me for doing it. I just wait until it stops reading and pull it out. Same thing goes for shutting computers down via the button. They think I turn them off without shutdown.
I've been reading that Windows is better than OSX in this case, and it doesn't make a random folder on the card.
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ttyymmnn
> Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
11/26/2013 at 16:36 |
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I've only ever run Mac, and even as far back as OS 8, I never fouled a device by not properly ejecting it.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> ttyymmnn
11/26/2013 at 16:36 |
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yeah, just so long as you give it a few seconds to finish up after the transfer is complete. Never had one unrecoverable incident.
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ttyymmnn
> HammerheadFistpunch
11/26/2013 at 16:38 |
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This conversation is heading in some trippy innuendo-ish direction.
Ian Duer (320b)
> ttyymmnn
11/26/2013 at 16:40 |
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That looks like an osx notification.... windows no... osx, very yes
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HammerheadFistpunch
> ttyymmnn
11/26/2013 at 16:41 |
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I don't know what your talking about
Lazzris
> ttyymmnn
11/26/2013 at 17:13 |
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Yes. I just finished my homework for a program class and saved it, I checked to make sure it saved and it did. I tried to eject it and it would not eject so I was in a hurry and just pulled it out. I lost all my work and had to re-do it and my homework for another class. Also don not plug in two iPhones into a lap top at the same time. I lost my hard drive in the middle of a three page paper that was due the next day. Had to buy a new drive install the os and rewrite the paper. That was a long night.
JGrabowMSt
> ttyymmnn
11/26/2013 at 17:36 |
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I work in a repair shop. Not properly ejecting the drive is more of a risk to your operating system than the flash drive. I've done lots of data recovery off stepped on drives, but while it is rare, it does happen. When it does happen, its pretty bad. Dont let it happen to you!
Also, I have not seen a case specifically related to this on a mac, however, you should not aim to be the first!