[plug] USB Flash Drives - A word to the wise...

[Senectus .]

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 20:31:37 +0800, Jim Householder
<nofixed at westnet.com.au> wrote:
> Hi
> 
> A word of caution.  When removing a USBKey flash memory device, the proper removal process is *highly* recommended.  I assumed that the only purpose was to make sure buffers were flushed, and if I had made no changes just pulled it out.  (However after the odd problem with linux I decided it was best to explicitly umount it first.)
> 
> My USBKey has failed after only 3 months and only 20 or so uses.
> 
> It appears that another function of the removal process is to make it *electrically* safe to remove the device.  A $39 lesson...
> 

Heh.. I've done this before.. but I've always managed to get the key
functioning (without the data that was on it) by re-formatting it..

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