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99% of Windows usability issues would be fixed if Windows had the guts to add this button (media.piefed.social)
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I don't fucking know why I can't eject USB hard drives. I installed the SysInternals apps, and best they can tell me is that Dropbox is fucking with the drives. I explicitly told Dropbox to not fuck with USB drives. I don't know who's lying, I just want whoever is fucking with the drives to stop fucking with the drives, OK??? OK.

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[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

OP has done the same. A file is in use/locked by an app even after the have issued an unmount/eject command. The file that’s in use may not survive.

[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

The file that’s in use may not survive.

Yes, but at least the rest of the filesystem will