"Chris Michaelides" <Chris [email]Michaelides@discussions.microsoft.com[/email]> wrote in
message news:79C98AD1-8F2C-46A7-85AE-D32CE2FBBBAD@microsoft.com...[color=blue][color=green]
>> If the "save removal" says "it's ok now to remove" then it is.
>>
>> Uwe[/color]
>
> WRONG!!! I just lost more than 160 songs and several other files, mostly
> important for my work (I am a DJ and event-organizer)!! I moved them to an
> external drive, move reported "complete", and then I proceeded to the
> "remove
> safely" procedure.. Upon receiving the "now it's safe to remove the USB
> device" message, I disconnected the external-HD (since Vista ASSURED me it
> is
> SAFE to remove the device!!)
>
> After that, those files were reported corrupted!! Plugging the external-HD
> to my Vista-operated laptop again, I received the message that I have to
> fix
> this drive, because at the last session I unplugged it BEFORE data-moving
> was
> finished!! what tha! After running the Vista-"fixing" program, those files
> were deleted by this program, and they are nowhere to be found now!!!
>
> I am SERIOUSLY thinking about sueing Microsoft, I have witnesses of the
> incident! All my work, and pressing projects are significantly "damaged"
> from
> what happened...[/color]

Maybe this corruption was caused by the internal cache of the drive
or drive powered down too early - not by anything on host side.

--PA