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What can go wrong...
Authored by: ashevin on Apr 26, '02 08:50:43AM

Hi all,

What can go wrong is the same thing that can go wrong when you yank the cord on an external drive... Any app that had files open on that drive will suddenly find that it can't read or write them anymore. What this does to the app will vary by app. You will also be leaving the filesystem on that drive in an inconsistant state, and it would be a very good idea to run First Aid against it before using it again.

- Avi



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What can go wrong...
Authored by: garbanzito on Apr 26, '02 06:38:21PM

if the volume is a read-only disk image or a CD, then you needn't worry about this.



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