ELI5 why do you need to turn of hard drives to unplug them instead of just unplugging them Submitted by Devil_kin1 t3_z613qc on November 27, 2022 at 1:21 PM in explainlikeimfive 16 comments 0
peteypauls t1_ixyteww wrote on November 27, 2022 at 1:23 PM You eject them to make sure nothing is being written at the time. If you pull the cable out while writing you could corrupt the data. Permalink 2
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