If you unplug your USB flash drive too soon, you can seriously damage your flash drive, and lose important data. Here are some tips on how to unplug your USB flash drive properly.
2. Tech Tip: USB Flash Drive
Usage Tip
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3. Many people just pull out their USB
flash drives when they are ready
to leave their computer.
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4. Doing so before you properly shut
down your flash drive can cause
serious damage to your flash drive,
and maybe even the loss of the
valuable data on your flash drive.
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5. Before removing your flash drive, go to
the bottom of your toolbar, and click
on the icon with the green and white
check mark
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6. After clicking on this icon, you will be
shown a list of USB flash drives that
are connected. Choose the one that
you wish to disconnect.
You will also be informed if you have
any programs still running from that
flash drive.
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