12-05-2025, 01:15 AM
USB removal, IMO, has always been a bit of an issue but seemed much better in W0 and 11.
My method has been to check Device Manager- Disk Drives - Properties - Policies to see how Windows sees the drive. For USB drives in W11 it has always shown as something like set "For Quick Removal (Default)" so there is no caching involved and you can unplug it as desired. I certainly do not check this every time I use the drive. I have never had to my knowledge any problems with this.
If you try to figure this out by Googling, you will get lots of contradictory opinions.
My method has been to check Device Manager- Disk Drives - Properties - Policies to see how Windows sees the drive. For USB drives in W11 it has always shown as something like set "For Quick Removal (Default)" so there is no caching involved and you can unplug it as desired. I certainly do not check this every time I use the drive. I have never had to my knowledge any problems with this.
If you try to figure this out by Googling, you will get lots of contradictory opinions.