how important is the safetly removed hardware procedure?

[nemesismaster17]

the icon at the taskbar....u should click first when u want to removed the cable from the computer...after transfering of stuff i keep forgetting to do it sometimes

just wondering what might happen?damage to the notebook or k750i?or just risk of losing data in your phone?

anybody knows?

[devsmooth]

Unless you unplug during a file copy operation there should be little risk involved. Just make sure there are no disk activity going on and you should be resonably safe. But if you are worried about your data, follow the recommended procedure, and stop the device first.

[kobrakaan]

the icon at the taskbar....u should click first when u want to removed the cable from the computer...after transfering of stuff i keep forgetting to do it sometimes

just wondering what might happen?damage to the notebook or k750i?or just risk of losing data in your phone?

anybody knows?


as with the post above dont do it during data transfer and all should be well :)

I would say most stuff can safely be removed without any harm to either equipment or computer just by simply UNPLUGGING and ignoring the hardware remove prompt :)

(I have my icon set to HIDE ALWAYS as i found an accidental click can remove hardware when least expected making you have to mess around later :mad: )


Thats the reason USB is great its hot pluggable you can plug in and remove when the machine is HOT or running :)

Not how it used to be with serial or parallel ports these should be used only COLD when the machine is POWERED DOWN as it may cause motherboard failure or a short out of the port :(

MICROSOFT added the safely remove hardware feature to XP mainly for the purpose of plug in HARD DRIVES :) if you use a USB hard drive then its advisable to use the SAFELY REMOVE HARDWARE option as this makes sure the drive has stopped accessing data when removed and not mid data flow :)

As for USB devices such as JOYPADS /CONTROLLERS/MICE/DIGITAL CAMERAS /BLUETOOTH DONGLES /DATACABLES/KEYBOARDS/PRINTERS you should suffer no problems at all plugging in and out the devices :)

My only advice here with USB is when installing new HARDWARE ... ALWAYS install the software FIRST then reboot the machine and then when back in windows CONNECT the USB device as this stops WINDOWS trying to AUTO install its own drivers for the devices found as .. this causes more headache than its worth trying to install the software later on :(

[nemesismaster17]

ahh...that should set my mind at ease(guess i'm over sensitive).....

guys thanks for the info

@kobrakaan

mate u'll always here when it comes to computer related problems...thanks for sharing the knowledge :) <-- simileys not working.lol