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Hi there,
So, like being a complete fool, I restarted my PB without unmounting the External Drive. It was physically connected throughout this time but now I wonder if it has been damaged at all. Is there anyway to check? It does appear ok but I am a little paranoid. I ran Disk Utility and got this: Is there anything still to worry about? Regards Last edited by Jason : 2007-03-15 at 10:24. Reason: Spelling |
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90%* of the time, forgetting to unmount a USB or FireWire device does no harm whatsoever.
*) Completely made up on the spot. |
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Rocket Surgeon
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The Canadark
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I forget to do it frequently, and have only had a problem once (which was repairable).
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I am worthless beyond hope. Join Date: May 2004
Location: Inner Swabia. If you have to ask twice, don't.
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20% of the time chucker's made up statistics are accurate.
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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Ok, Guys. Thanks. Much appreciated.
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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should be fine
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Lord of the Rant.
Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Upstate South Carolina
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I never unmount my drives when I reboot. I haven't had a problem with the drives either.
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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OS X will automatically unmount attached drives in the shutdown process.
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rams it
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Location: Seattle
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It's when you do a hard shut as the drive is being read from / written to that you should be concerned. You had me at asl ....... |
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Well, I figured Jason was referring to non-clean reboots or the likes.
A normal reboot naturally doesn't hurt at all. |
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