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Can I unplug or turn off a hot-plug device (for example, a USB flash drive or USB hard drive) when there is a mounted TrueCrypt volume on it?

April 26, 2017device flash drive hot-plug mounted turn unplug USB

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Can I unplug or turn off a hot-plug device (for example, a USB flash drive or USB hard drive) when there is a mounted TrueCrypt volume on it?

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Before you unplug or turn off the device, you should always dismount the TrueCrypt volume in TrueCrypt first, and then perform the ‘Eject’ operation if available (right-click the device in the ‘Computer’ or ‘My Computer’ list), or use the ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ function (built in Windows, accessible via the taskbar notification area). Otherwise, data loss may occur.