[Technical] safe removal of usb memory sticks

[Paul Williamson]

Hi Kevin,

Have you tried the stick in a different port, or after wiggling it a bit.
It sounds to me like there is a fault in the device - perhaps a physical
connection broken - perhaps an electrical short.

Time for a new stick!

Paul.


Ware, Kevin Ke said:
> Paul
>
> Unable to read or identify memory stick
> A yellow message came up near task bar saying usb error not recognised
>
> Kevin
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> To: Technical Discussion in Schools Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Technical] safe removal of usb memory sticks
>
> Hi Kevin,
>
> It's best practice to use that icon, however a lot of the time any data
> you tell the PC to save to the stick, will save immediately and once the
> light has stopped flashing on the stick, it should be okay to remove.
>
> If the computer gets caught-up doing other tasks and doesnt have time to
> complete writing to your stick before you remove it, you will end up
> with
> corrupted files.
>
> I have found that memory-sticks with a lot of use will last around/about
> a
> year - the usb plug becomes worn and can often break off the circuit
> board
> inside the device - it may be an idea to replace it yearly for extra
> data
> security.. Not half as bad as a floppies life cycle :-)
>
> Just out of interest what was the specific error encountered?
>
> Regards,
>
> Paul Williamson
> Network Administrator, Huntingtower School
> http://www.huntingtower.vic.edu.au
> paulw at huntingtower.vic.edu.au
> Phone: 03 9831 9463
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>
>
>
> Ware, Kevin Ke said:
>>
>>
>> Hi guys
>>
>> I have a questionabout the safe removal of memory sticks on a windows
> xp
>> system.  Do you need to click the small icon on the taskbar to safely
>> remove hardware.  After 1 year + of not following this procedure my
> memory
>> stick has an error and has stopped working.
>>
>> Is this a coincidence?
>>
>> Kevin Ware
>> Pakenham Secondary College
>
>
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