Re: Yanking out a USB stick without ejecting

On 2011-07-21 12:15 , Michelle Steiner wrote:
In article<timstreater-62594D.17031021072011@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Tim Streater<timstreater@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Back to reality. If possible, dismount your file systems before
removing them. If you should yank them out of the USB/Firewire/
Thunderbolt port before they are officially unmounted, then you will
most likely get away with it, but there is a window of opportunity
where you could loose data.

What is "loose data"?

It's what you get from premature withdrawal, especially when you don't have
any protection. You get those little bits wriggling all over the place.

And prevented new processed from being spawned too...

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