On Monday 31 August 2009, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > I see Windows users do this all the time, without any problem > > yet. Of course, the wait a little after writing to it, but a few seconds > > after the blinking stops seem to be enough. > > Usually it is, but you never know. Windows users don't have that broad > choice of filesystems. They have NTFS and that's it, so they may know > they're save. Linux filesystems may handle this differently, depending on > which one you've chosen.
Nope, NTFS can't cure user stupidity. Only a couple of days ago a friend at work was reprimanded for not clicking on "safely remove", or whatever it's called in WinXP, after I used photorec to recover 350 photographs that she managed to 'lose' from her USB stick. I bet she won't remove another USB drive without unmounting first in a haste ... ;-) -- Regards, Mick
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