Does the Safely Remove Hardware Option Have a Function?

In the past, before removing a USB memory stick or external disk Select “Safely Remove Hardware” We had to use it.

This is no longer Has it become an old habit? Is this option still necessary in today’s versions of Windows?

Previously, skipping this option could have resulted in warnings stating that files were corrupted when you reconnected the USB drive.

In some cases there was really no problem with the files and you could use them without any problems, but in other cases the files on the USB drive were fine and you could use them without any problems. Some files might actually be corrupted. But now we have good news, this is no longer true!

In Windows 10 and Windows 11, you can remove any USB drive, be it a portable hard disk or SSD, without using the “Safely Remove Hardware” notification icon. You can remove it directly. So why?

Windows operating systems have always handled removable devices such as USB memory sticks or portable drives in two ways.

Standard policy is to either quick-eject or remove any attached USB drive. for better performance was to configure. This determines how the operating system interacts with the USB drive:

• Quick eject: Disables Windows’ ability to cache writes on the drive, Performance may decrease slightly but You can safely remove the drive at any time (without using the Safely Remove Hardware option).
• Better performance: Windows on USB drive caching write operations allows, which improves performance, but you must use the “Safely Remove Hardware” option.

In older versions of Windows, the default policy for external storage devices was configured to provide better performance. But in Windows 11 and Windows 10 (As of version 1809, released October 2018) The default policy for USB drives has been changed to “quick eject”.

So is there anything we still need to pay attention to?

It is extremely important not to remove a USB drive from your computer while data is being transferred. If you do this, From Windows’ “safely remove” policy Regardless, data will be lost.

However, there is still the “Safely Remove Hardware” option in Windows 10 and Windows 11 We wouldn’t be wrong if we say that it has lost its former importance.

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