Do i HAVE to "safely eject my usb" ???

[20fpsATmost]

Ok experts. Is there any point of me safely removing my usb (3.0) from my computer? It only takes 3 seconds but i hate doing it. Is there any risk in corrupting/damaging files on my drive. Its just a bunch of powerpoints and word docs. No massive files or anything.

 

[jtenorj]

As long as you aren't a file or files to the drive at the time of removal you should be fine.

 

[trekzone]

When you plug a USB drive on your PC it reins to write and read data from it, of which some information are cached. Caching is a way of keeping information in your PC’s memory (RAM) instead of writing it immediately to the USB device, Thus if you were able to unplug the USB drive out of your PC before this information is written, or while its being written, you’ll end up with a corrupted file or even more to a corrupted media file system.

The "Safely Remove Hardware" is an extra level of security preventing you from destroying your drive and your own files. Using the proper procedure will assure that your data and your device are in good shape.

 

[kenrivers]

If you really hate to use "Safely Remove Hardware" you can enable "Quick removal" under Policies for the device in Device Manager. You can change this option the next time you plug in the USB device.