On Nov 24, 2010, at 5:07 AM, Geke wrote:

> 
> I would typically start it before mounting a (Fat32) USB stick or HD
> that I only need to read from, and quit it right after.
> That seems better for the file system than the "Clean up non-Mac
> disks" util I am using so far, just before unmounting them.

IMO this is a very cumbersome workaround for a rare issue. If you eject drives 
before removing them you will almost never have problems.

Flash drives should be viewed as temporary or convenience storage ONLY. NEVER 
have the only copy of a file on one, because they do fail and fail 
unpredictably. 

follow those two rules and you can use them without worries.

-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs


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