Having issues ejecting an external hard drive on Windows 11/10? When removing a hard drive from your Windows, you have to remove it safely if you do not want your data to be corrupted or damaged. If ...

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Ask PC Gamer is our weekly question and advice column. Have a burning question about the smoke coming out of your PC? Send your problems to letters@pcgamer.com. Is it necessary to "eject" a USB flash ...

This is one of those questions that has a short answer and a long answer. The short answer is this: you should probably always eject a drive before removing it, even if the context menu doesn't have ...

We use our external USB storage devices, peripherals, and several devices almost daily. When taking out the USB Storage devices, it is advised to use the Safely remove the USB Storage device option.

If you unplug a USB external drive before making sure it’s safe to do so, you’re courting disaster. The sudden, unprepared removal of a storage device can corrupt files. I’ve even heard stories of it ...

We use the USB ports on our computers for accessing a variety of useful (and sometimes strange) USB gadgets. Often, these ports serve a temporary purpose, allowing users to plug in a USB stick and ...

Hi,<BR><BR>A user has a Crucial 256mb Gizmo Pen drive. Xp recognises it fine - all drivers load BUT will not allocate a drive letter so she cannot access it.<BR>She has mapped drives, and has F and G ...