What Actually Happens If You Remove A USB Stick Without Ejecting It?

Ever yanked out a USB without ejecting it first? The consequences aren't always instant, but what goes on behind the scenes ...
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I Couldn’t Eject External Drives on My Mac, Here's How I Fixed It

Don't try to eject a drive when you've got files open or are copying large amounts of data to or from it. If nothing seems to be using the drive, use Terminal to highlight any background services that ...
Lifehacker

Instantly Eject a Specific USB Drive

Following up on last week's guide to creating a shortcut to Windows' Safely Remove Hardware dialog, the How-To Geek weblog details how to set up a shortcut or hotkey to immediately eject a specific ...
Ars Technica

HP Dat 72 tape drive: Can't eject tape!??!! - help?

I have an HP Dat 72 tape drive in my SQL server and the tape WILL NOT EJECT.<BR><BR>My backups have been failing because of this.<BR><BR>SQL Server can't read the drive as it times out, so I tried ...