"WhiteTea77581" <andrewkennedy3@peoplepc.com> wrote in message
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On Jul 2, 6:27 am, "robgraham" <rttgraham...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> I often simply unplug my memory stick without any ceremony, but I know
> this
> is frowned on. What is the problem with doing this?
>
> Also, when I try to use 'Safely remove hardware' it tells me that it
> cannot
> be removed 'at this time, try again later'. Assuming I've waited until all
> files have finished being saved, why is it that such a message is
> generated?
>
> Rob Graham

I have taken out thumb drives a number of times without "Safely
removing the hardware."
And not a single byte of info was corrupted.

Me too. It's just that when I was about to do this on a friend's computer he
warned me not to.

Is this rather like suggesting to someone that if they travel in a car they
might die? It's true, but not very likely.

Rob