Durandal Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 How do I safely remove an USB device? I have a flash drive and a hard disk where I save backups or transfer screenshots and movies to my computer. I also have my entire music library on the hard drive, which also has a power switch. It is simply inconvenient to go through the menu first to remove it especially when I transfer data more than once or. The thing is do I have to unmount the device via the setting>devices>USB Storage Devices and then choosing the device or can I just unplug it? Usually any operating system such as Windows or MacOS needs to properly unmount any USB drive to prevent data corruption but I haven't found any such information regarding the PS4 system. There is no error message if I just unplug it. Just to clarify this is not about the Extended Storage, I always unmount it first before physically removing it. And you can unmount those via the quick menu too. The second question is about the sleep mode for external hard drives. Usually any modern HDD is put to sleep after a while of inactivity. Does the PS4 support this? From what I can tell it doesn't but maybe someone has a definitive answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntingFever Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 (edited) On the PS4, you have to go through all the menus until you find the option to manually switch off the External Hard Drive you're using but I don't know however, if this also applies to bog standard Pen Drives so to be on the safe side I would turn off your PS4 before removing any USB Drives. Edited May 15, 2018 by HuntingFever Update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durandal Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share Posted May 15, 2018 That's my initial thought too but it is a bit of a hassle isn't it? And why in hell can't I do this via the quick menu, like I can for the Extended Storage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DARKB1KE Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 (edited) Pulling them out doesn't hurt it as long as it's not writing data. Same goes for any USB stick and on PC. Edited May 22, 2018 by DARKB1KE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fing3rButt3r3 Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 From experience you got to pull out at right time or bad things will be coming. Should always be safe and use protection though and pull out when it says its safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamoPh Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 13 minutes ago, Fing3rButt3r3 said: From experience you got to pull out at right time or bad things will be coming. Should always be safe and use protection though and pull out when it says its safe. I swear there's a joke to be had in there somewhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaivRules Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 21 minutes ago, Fing3rButt3r3 said: From experience you got to pull out at right time or bad things will be coming. Should always be safe and use protection though and pull out when it says its safe. You know what they call people who use the pull out method... ...Parents! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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