How many of you actually Safely eject the USB stick from your PC? Not many, I am sure. We have this habit of just pulling out the USB drive randomly from the PC, without safely ejecting it, which ...

Following up on last week's guide to creating a shortcut to Windows' Safely Remove Hardware dialog, the How-To Geek weblog details how to set up a shortcut or hotkey to immediately eject a specific ...

When you plug in a USB drive into your Windows desktop or laptop, the system, mounts the drive and uses the contents. Either the files are scanned by an antivirus or the storage is being indexed by ...

Ever yanked out a USB without ejecting it first? The consequences aren't always instant, but what goes on behind the scenes ...

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 ...

Some of my computers (like my Mac) are always warning me about disconnecting flash drives without ejecting, while Windows doesn't seem to have a problem—in fact, my external USB drive doesn't even ...

While they're becoming less common, USB drives are a great way to transfer large amounts of data from one device to another. However, be careful when using these devices because taking them out of ...