'Eject Media' Option On Taskbar No Longer Required for USB Starting With Windows 10 1809

[biffzinker]

Windows defines two main policies, Quick removal and Better performance, that control how the system interacts with external storage devices such as USB thumb drives or Thunderbolt-enabled external drives. Beginning in Windows 10 version 1809, the default policy is Quick removal.
In earlier versions of Windows the default policy was Better performance.
You can change the policy setting for each external device, and the policy that you set remains in effect if you disconnect the device and then connect it again to the same computer port.

Important
If you use the Better performance policy, you must use the Safely Remove Hardware process to remove the device. If you remove or disconnect the device without following the safe removal instructions, you risk losing data.

Source: Windows 10, version 1809 and later: Change in default removal policy for external storage media

 

[Deleted member 67555]

I always just removed the device.
Are they just now telling people this isn't necessary?

 

[biffzinker]

I always just removed the device.
Are they just now telling people this isn't necessary?

New support page, so yes? Honestly I didn't know the default profile had changed to a defaulting of quick removal as of 1809. I thought earlier versions of 7/8/8.1, and 10 always set the drive for quick removal.

 

[EarthDog]

I always removed the device as well.

 

[Deleted member 67555]

The last time I remember having to "eject the media device safely" was in Vista because it tried to use USB flash devices to speed up the pc.
I think by Vista sp2 it would ask what you wanted to do and as long as you chose "Use as removable mass storage" you could just remove it issue free.

 

[dorsetknob]

Have always "eject media then remove"
just in case just removing results in Data Corruption

 

[Steevo]

I only safe eject when the data matters, like loading firmware on expensive devices that cost 15K. Just wait for the light to stop flashing otherwise and have never had an issue.

 

[GreiverBlade]

always just removed the device since long ... never got any issues of corruption no matter what was used at the moment ...

although on Android i safe eject when swapping uSD or OTG storage devices ...

Just wait for the light to stop flashing otherwise and have never had an issue.

couldn't be more spot on ... i always did so, that's probably why i, also, never had any issues.

 

[eidairaman1]

The last time I remember having to "eject the media device safely" was in Vista because it tried to use USB flash devices to speed up the pc.
I think by Vista sp2 it would ask what you wanted to do and as long as you chose "Use as removable mass storage" you could just remove it issue free.

Its been around since XP