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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 [email protected]. Is it necessary to "eject" a USB flash ...

Q: Why do I need to eject a USB thumb drive before I pull it out? What happens if I just yank it without doing so? A: Oh boy, you’ve probably broken the entire Internet by not using the eject feature ...

Is there any harm to be incurred by just pulling a flash drive out? Why do we need safe removal at all? Historically, Operating Systems treat disks as objects that can be trusted not to change state ...

Sandisk has a new low-profile flash drive on the market it says never needs to be removed from your laptop. The Sandisk Extreme Fit measures just 18.5 x 13.7 x 16mm (LxWxH) and weighs 3g. Despite ...

Let’s say you’re really in a rush and need to use a computer. Stick with me. Maybe you’re a hacker loading some horrible malware onto a computer, or you’re a hacker stealing documents from a computer.