https://coder.tw/en/tags/usb/Recent content in USB on Lin's BlogHugoen-USSat, 04 Jul 2009 09:10:46 +0000https://coder.tw/en/posts/safely-remove-usb-drive/Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:10:46 +0000https://coder.tw/en/posts/safely-remove-usb-drive/<p><a href="https://pub-6c026d2742d14927bfa2d850c31eac91.r2.dev/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/2009-07-04_090237.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1514" title="2009-07-04_090237" src="https://pub-6c026d2742d14927bfa2d850c31eac91.r2.dev/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/2009-07-04_090237.jpg" alt="2009-07-04_090237" width="500" height="322" /></a></p> <p>Did you know that USB drives break down easily? If you always pull them out without ejecting (hot-unplugging, like I do, XD), your drive may not last very long. If you remove a drive while it&rsquo;s still reading or writing data, the data on it can easily be damaged. You might not notice right away, but after a while you&rsquo;ll suddenly see strange files, such as filenames turning into gibberish or files that can&rsquo;t be deleted&hellip; When that happens, be careful, because the drive is warning you. I&rsquo;m the kind of person who loves hot-unplugging, because it&rsquo;s really convenient. But yesterday, while using a USB drive, I suddenly found a pile of garbled files = =</p>