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How to safely remove a USB external drive?
How I can safely remove a USB external drive?
Ubuntu 12.10 does not come with this option, only to "Unmount" the disk, but not "Eject".
I have tried both USB sticks and with my external hard drive.
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What is the difference between Eject and Safely Remove Device
Taking this question and it's answer into account What is the difference between "Unmount", "Eject", "Safely Remove Drive" and the eject icon? I ask:
Why do both options ...
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Disk Utility: What's the difference between "Unmount" and "Safe Removal"?
System > Administration > Disk Utility
What's the difference between "Unmount Volume" and "Safe Removal"? Say you insert a flash drive and open the Disk Utility UI, if you click on "Safe Removal" you ...
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USB write: delay between when Ubuntu says its done and it actually being done
When I write data to an USB device (like a memory stick or a external HDD) Ubuntu shows the data being transfered at a very high rate, it is done very fast. But then, when Ubuntu says its done, the ...
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Disable auto-mount for particular partitions on USB drives
I have a big USB disk with 3 partitions: one for backup and two other bootable ones for installing and testing new distros. I want the backup partition automounted on boot. But I don't want the two ...
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Unable to safely remove usb external hard drive
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and connecting USB Flash Drives and External USB Hard Drives regular basis, I'm able to Eject my USB Flash Drive but I can't Eject or Safely Remove the External USB Hard ...
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"Safely remove drive" option missing from Nautilus in 12.10 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to safely remove a USB external drive?
Safely remove drive option is missing from Nautilus in 12.10 or am I missing something?
In 12.04 I could right click on the USB ...
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How do I mount ejected external USB flash Via terminal
After safely remove or eject it, i want to remount it without unplug it, and re-plug it again ..
so Any suggestion pls?
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after using eject all usb memories are out of fdisk command scope i don't ...
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Why some usb flash drives can be "ejected" and not "safely removed"?
Differences in "ejecting" and "safely removing" are explained under this question
but I can not find an explanation for why some pen drives are not presented with an option to safely remove, and can ...
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ubuntu ejecting one hdd partition from dock leads to ejecting both partitions of HDD
I am able to unmount any HDD partition (secondary storage) one by one but when i eject any one it ejects all mounted partitions. Both the partitions are on the same HDD. Is this a feature or a bug?
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