The chances of data corruption are higher if you disconnect USB storage device like a USB flash drive (pendrive), USB thumb drive, Thunderbolt-enabled external drives, external hard disks before ensuring it’s safe to do thus. In some cases, the fast removal of a storage device may corrupt files.
To avoid corruption of the data stored within the USB storage device, the users have forever used the Safely take away Hardware icon before unplugging a USB device.
In any version of Windows, the system optimizes USB flash drives for fast removal by default. except for several different USB storage devices, the default removal policy has forever been “Better performance” setting.
Starting with Windows 10 October 2018 Update and newer, the default option for all USB storage device is “Quick removal”. in an exceedingly support doc, Microsoft has confirmed that it’s modified the way Windows interacts with external storage devices.
When quick Removal is turned on, you can take away the device while not using the Safely remove Hardware method. It makes the process safer however slower at the same time.
Better Performance choice, on the opposite hand, permits Windows to cache data rather than writing it to the USB device immediately. As a result, the performance of the device is best. however data corruption is way a lot of seemingly if you unplug the USB device while not using the Safely remove Hardware choice.
Advanced users can always switch between the two options from the settings. To change the policy for an external storage device, you can follow the steps outlined below:
- Connect the USB storage device to the system.
- After noting the driver letter for the storage device, open Disk Management.
- Locate the USB storage device and right-click on it.
- Select Properties.
- Select Policies and you can select the policy you want to use.
To summarize the changes, the default state for all USB storage devices has become “Quick removal” to ensure data safety.
