Safely eject your drive Properly ejecting a USB drive or SD or memory card is important. If you don't do it properly, you may lose some or all files stored on that drive. In addition to using a ...

Safely ejecting SD cards and USB flash drives is standard practice to avoid potential data loss - at least on the surface, ...

A free and simple 1MB utility from quickandeasysoftware.net called USB Disk Ejector can help you safely eject your USB storage drive with just a simple hotkey of your choice.

USB drives no longer as enthusiastically prompt you to "safely" remove them before you unplug them from your computer, but is it really safe to do so?

The proper way to remove USB devices in Windows is to use the Safe Removal option, but it can be a pain. If you have the quick removal policy set for your USB device, you can safely remove it ...

Following up on last week's guide to creating a shortcut to Windows' Safely Remove Hardware dialog, the How-To Geek weblog details how to set up a shortcut or hotkey to immediately eject a ...

When you hit that eject button, it tells your OS to flush the cache—that is, make sure all pending actions have been performed—so you can safely unplug the drive without any data corruption.

Most Windows users have become conditioned over time to never unplug a USB flash drive or hard drive without first clicking Safely Remove Hardware in the System Tray. Why is that necessary? In ...