How to safely remove a USB/external hard drive or flash drive in Linux to avoid loss of data.

Submitted by johnson on 2009, July 21 - 11:46pm

Right click on the drive you want to remove on Ubuntu, and pick "Unmount Volume" when your drive is unmounted it is safe to remove from your USB port.

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How to safely remove a USB/external hard drive or flash drive in Linux to avoid loss of data.