How to Prevent a USB Flash Drive from Corrupting the Files and Folders Within It

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: In Device Manager

   Only after Windows tells you that you can remove the drive, should you do so. , This indicates that either files are open, Windows has not completely written data to the device, or Windows will just not tolerate ejecting the device at this time.
   
   There are two fairly simple ways to resolve this: ,, Okay, this is not usually convenient, so: , You can try this method to restart it: , Cancel. ,, This does not work on all versions of Windows. ,,,,,, This is a harsh method, and you should restart your computer at the earliest opportunity. ,, Look it over, it may help you with these issues.
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   Step 2: go to the Drives section and select your USB flash drive.

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   Step 3: Select Policies and check Optimize for Performance.

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   Step 4: Try not to just pull out the drive

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   Step 5: especially for iPods; you need to left-click on the Safely Remove Hardware icon in your system tray

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   Step 6: and select your flash drive.

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   Step 7: You may find that after clicking on the Safely Remove Hardware icon in your system and select the drive you wish to remove

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   Step 8: your system may respond to the effect that The device cannot be removed at this time".

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   Step 9: Close all applications and try again

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    Step 10: Shut down your computer.

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    Step 11: Close all applications

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    Step 12: and using Task Manager

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    Step 13: end explorer.exe.

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    Step 14: select explorer.exe from the task list

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    Step 15: and click to End Process.

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    Step 16: Do this again.

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    Step 17: If you receive an End Program dialog in a moment

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    Step 18: you can answer affirmatively and Explorer will restart.

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    Step 19: If not

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    Step 20: then choose explorer.exe again

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    Step 21: and choose End Task.

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    Step 22: This time

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    Step 23: answer yes.

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    Step 24: You will probably have to restart Explorer by choosing New Task in Task Manager.

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    Step 25: Fill in Explorer and your taskbar should reappear.

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    Step 26: Now you should be able to choose "Safely Remove Hardware"

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    Step 27: and when selecting your device it should report that it can be 'safely removed'.

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    Step 28: Note - After restarting Explorer

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    Step 29: some of your system tray icons may not reappear.

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    Step 30: Restarting Explorer can cause data loss if open applications have not saved their data.

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    Step 31: Also note

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    Step 32: some data devices come with their own utility software.

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