why is there a “safe to eject” option for USB sticks?

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After you’ve transfered all your data on/off, why cant you simply take out the stick? where’s the harm?

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You, the user, may be done with the USB stick. However your Operating System may still have pending file actions to perform on the USB stick.

Windows takes the initiative and pre-marks the USB drive as ‘dirty’ until it is safely ejected, during which it will clear that ‘dirty’ mark. If a device was removed ‘unsafely’, it will see that ‘dirty’ mark and suggest a file check.

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