[the-facts-machine] Windows 10 users can remove USB flash drives without paralyzing fear, Microsoft says
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- Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 16:45:56 -0400
BlankWindows 10 users can remove USB flash drives without paralyzing fear,
Microsoft
says . Hamza Shaban.
Microsoft has long cautioned PC users to take great care when removing flash
drives.
Following the right steps, in the right order, is the only way to ensure your
data's
safety, the company has said. There's no need to worry about that anymore.
Windows 10
users can now unplug hardware such as USB drives without giving in to paranoia
or
dread. Dubbed "quick removal," the new default setting keeps external storage
devices
ready to be pulled "at any time," according to Microsoft Windows support, as
long as
users aren't actively saving files to it. That means computer users no longer
have to
follow the "safely remove hardware" process to know that they can safely remove
their
hardware. Before the widespread use of smartphones and the proliferation of
cloud
storage services such as Google Drive and Dropbox, USB drives were an easy way
to
store digital files or transfer information between computers. The process was
designed to ensure, for example, that students who started writing their term
papers
at the school library don't lose them while transferring them onto thumb drives
they'll use to finish the work at home. But thumb drives have lost some
relevance now
that text and other files can be synced among multiple devices or even simply
live in
your email. As the Verge reported, the switch to make "quick removal" the
default
setting took place late last year, when version 1809 of Windows 10 was
released. But
Microsoft detailed the change last week amid a broader rollout of the update.
The
company says it made the change to better meet the needs of its users. As of
last
month, more than 800 million devices were running on Windows 10.
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