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    FAT32, exFAT, and NTFS (sh.itjust.works)
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    [–] windpunch@feddit.org 43 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    "There's a problem with your USB storage device"

    *Continues to work just fine, just as if there is no problem*

    [–] ftbd@feddit.org 2 points 5 days ago

    "You need to format your USB drive" when there's a perfectly usable FAT partition, which just happens to not be the first partition on the drive

    [–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 12 points 1 week ago (5 children)

    Its because you didnt eject beforehand and theres orphaned inodes or data blocks

    [–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

    No, it's because I use it on linux and windows can tell. Windows hates me for my freedom.

    [–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago

    Oh right that.

    Sorry its been a while since I've used windows

    [–] nodiratime 3 points 5 days ago

    They hate us because they ain't us.

    [–] windpunch@feddit.org 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

    Except I always eject...

    [–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 5 days ago

    "That's what she said" *laugh track*

    [–] Agent641 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

    "You need to manually eject your USB drive before you remove it" - statements dreamed up by the utterly deranged

    Also, half the time when you try to eject it, it says "device busy" even though I'm not transferring files. Well, best of luck with that bud, I'm busy too yank

    [–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 week ago

    That's because some program still accesses it

    Could be just your file browser ("explorer") that has a window open with the content of that device, or maybe some program has a hiccup and didn't free it's file pointer

    [–] a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago

    had that under linux too, because there's still buffer to be written; but under linux i can at least check /proc/sys/vm/dirty_bytes to see how long it will take.

    [–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    In the worst-case scenario, yes... but the wording on the Windows dialog literally says, "There is a problem with your device and you should scan it" and then when you do, "Your device is ready to use, no problems were found." This, after it was ejected and got the safe removal notification. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

    [–] FrostyPolicy@suppo.fi 1 points 6 days ago

    The file system was not unmounted cleanly so the dirty bit is 1 -> windows tells you to check the drive. This clears the dirty bit even if nothing was wrong.