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I'd like it if an "improperly removed" flash drive would scream a little as you pulled it out.
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In what sense do you mean 'improperly removed'?
Most come with a little light. The other note is something on the screen copying to the drive. If you aren't actively accessing the drive (moving data to or from) then it shouldn't matter if you unplug it. If it does your OS is improperly using writeback caching on a volatile media.
Ben at April 27, 2015 7:25 AM
Given that I've seen a flash drive get unreadable after someone did a snatch-n-grab without a proper eject, yeah, do a proper eject. It's much less time consuming than trying to recreate the contents of the drive.
Why, yes, that was a Windows OS. How did you know?
I R A Darth Aggie at April 27, 2015 8:05 AM
I'd rather the computer screamed as you stuck the flash drive in!
"Take it all, bitch!"
Patrick at April 27, 2015 12:37 PM
I knew a guy who programmed his Mac laptop to moan whenever he inserted the power cord.
Conan the Grammarian at April 28, 2015 9:38 AM
Patrick,
Under win7 (and I assume most of the others) you can do that. Change the device connect sound.
Ben at April 29, 2015 7:09 PM
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