Posted on Monday, April 08 2019 @ 15:47 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Microsoft announces it's changing the default removal policy for external storage media, like USB sticks, in Windows 10. From now on, the default setting will be Quick removal, instead of the previous Better performance default option.
Quick removal. This policy manages storage operations in a manner that keeps the device ready to remove at any time. You can remove the device without using the Safely Remove Hardware process. However, to do this, Windows cannot cache disk write operations. This may degrade system performance.
Better performance. This policy manages storage operations in a manner that improves system performance. When this policy is in effect, Windows can cache write operations to the external device. However, you must use the Safely Remove Hardware process to remove the external drive. The Safely Remove Hardware process protects the integrity of data on the device by making sure that all cached operations finish.
Details on how to change this policy can be found
over here. By switching to Quick removal, there's less risk of data loss or data corruption in the case of a power interruption or incorrect removal of a flash drive (does anyone even use safe ejection).
