Can anything bad happen if usb devices are connected or disconnected when computer is running? Anything else I should know about that? Thanks for any info.
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Re: Connecting usb device when computer running
there shouldn't be any trouble per se, as USB is designed for hot-swapping and all that.
however, if it is a flash drive/mp3 player or other portable drive, I suggest not unplugging the device without first right-clicking on the device's desktop icon, and selecting "safely remove'. This makes sure the device isn't reading/writing at the moment you disconnect it and minimizes the chance of data loss/corruption -
Re: Connecting usb device when computer running
While waiting on a hardware expert to give a definitive answer, I am under the impression that by definition, USB is all about being hot-pluggable, and so you can plug them in at will and at random. I have read nothing to indicate otherwise, but then I have not explicitly posed the question to any forum. I can say what I do: I do it all the time. Of course, with an external USB HDD, it will not "work" unless it is also eSATA (as supported by the motherboard), but that's a different matter.
(oops, claydoh's post came first as I was posting)
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Re: Connecting usb device when computer running
Thanks to you both.Comment
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Re: Connecting usb device when computer running
Linux Hotplugging:
http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net/
(“Starting with kernel 2.4 (in January 2001), hotplugging became a standard feature of GNU/Linux. It's been backported to kernel 2.2 (for USB), and kernel 2.6 makes it available to all sysfs-adapted busses and driver classes.”)An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles BukowskiComment
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