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On Monday 31 August 2009, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: |
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> > I see Windows users do this all the time, without any problem |
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> > yet. Of course, the wait a little after writing to it, but a few seconds |
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> > after the blinking stops seem to be enough. |
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> Usually it is, but you never know. Windows users don't have that broad |
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> choice of filesystems. They have NTFS and that's it, so they may know |
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> they're save. Linux filesystems may handle this differently, depending on |
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> which one you've chosen. |
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Nope, NTFS can't cure user stupidity. Only a couple of days ago a friend at |
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work was reprimanded for not clicking on "safely remove", or whatever it's |
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called in WinXP, after I used photorec to recover 350 photographs that she |
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managed to 'lose' from her USB stick. |
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I bet she won't remove another USB drive without unmounting first in a |
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haste ... ;-) |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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