On Monday 31 August 2009, Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
> > I see Windows users do this all the time, without any problem
> > yet. Of course, the wait a little after writing to it, but a few seconds
> > after the blinking stops seem to be enough.
>
> Usually it is, but you never know. Windows users don't have that broad
> choice of filesystems. They have NTFS and that's it, so they may know
> they're save. Linux filesystems may handle this differently, depending on
> which one you've chosen.

Nope, NTFS can't cure user stupidity.  Only a couple of days ago a friend at 
work was reprimanded for not clicking on "safely remove", or whatever it's 
called in WinXP, after I used photorec to recover 350 photographs that she 
managed to 'lose' from her USB stick.

I bet she won't remove another USB drive without unmounting first in a 
haste ...  ;-)
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Regards,
Mick