Corrupt a USB Drive Without Properly Ejecting – Not Likely, Here’s Why
If you yank out a USB drive from your computer, do you think it hurts the stick or could damage the drive? No it doesn’t. Well, it’s possible, but not probable. The reason why is that Windows updated their removal policy for mass storage devices a long time ago.
Disabling write caching means that, instead of saving up changes for a file on a removable storage device and then doing a bulk write, Windows XP writes changes to the file as the changes are made. This keeps data on removable storage devices more current, mitigating the likelihood of data loss. However, disabling write caching also has a performance impact.If you would like to learn more about removable drive properties, Microsoft has an entire section about it.
Matt LeBoff
Kicking around in technology since 2002. I like to write about technology products and ideas, but at the consumer level understanding. Some tech, but not too techie.