I do a lot of my homework on my desktop. I save everything on my flash drive. Oftentimes, I forget to detach it from the CPU. I'm wondering if what I'm doing is okay. I'm concerned that the usual rebooting of the CPU might end up corrupting my files. Thanks.
2007-01-09 03:42:14 · 4 answers · asked by Jose 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
I don't think its a big deal to leave it on the PC all the time, but if you ever contract a boot sector virus on your computer it will automatically infect your flash drive. after that it is a really big problem to remove such a virus from your flash disk.
The other possibility is contracting that kind of virus on your flash disk: it will infect your PC the next time you boot it.
2007-01-09 04:08:41 · answer #1 · answered by Franlee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless you are running it through a USB hub or storing critical files on it this should not be a problem. USB hubs are more succeptable to power surges and there is a risk that they will fry your flash drive. If you are using the drive for storage of critical files (which I don't think you are) then it is best to remove it whenever it is not in use.
Good luck!
2007-01-09 03:53:26 · answer #2 · answered by ncpropes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, some have been known to boot from a flash drive.
2007-01-09 03:46:12 · answer #3 · answered by OhYeah 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think leaving it attached would cause a problem.
2007-01-09 03:47:15 · answer #4 · answered by Venom 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋