Safely Removing Controllers - Does it really matter ?

[JimmyRecard00]

Hello

So do you really need to worry about Safely Removing your controller from Windows 11?
I mean it's not like it's a hard drive where you really should be concerned about it?

Can it really cause any problems if you don't do it properly ?

I have a Microsoft XBOX 360 Controller for Windows - if that's germane (I never get to use that weird 'reminds me of Michael Jackson' word in conversation - and it's not spelled the way I expected either) ?


BTW, I find it annoying that you can't simply go to the quick launch and Safely Remove controllers from there in the same way you would with a hard drive.

Is there any shortcut/quicker way to do this without having to go to Windows Settings every time?



Thank you for your help

 

[Slasken]

I've never "safely removed" controllers. I deem it safe to pull the plug.

I don't safely remove USB sticks either, but I do wait for them to be finished writing. USB external drives, I safely remove.

 

[neogunhero]

I dunno man, I unplug everything besides flash drives and external drives and none of my stuff has ever messed up. My mouse, keyboard and headset are all USB and I unplug them every so often and it has never damaged them.

I only safely remove USB if it’s for any type of storage drive since data is moving in and out of it, I don’t want to corrupt it.

 

[Slasken]

Microsoft confirms you really, really don’t need to ‘safely remove’ USB flash drives anymore

You probably haven’t needed to do so for a while

www.theverge.com

 

[Brian Boru]

@Slasken Note the important rider in that article:
"so long as you’re not actively writing files to it"

I wonder how many people know when files have finished writing?

 

[Slasken]

@Slasken Note the important rider in that article:
"so long as you’re not actively writing files to it"

I wonder how many people know when files have finished writing?

When copying to and from like memory sticks it shouldn't be hard to see, because the window showing the progress is closing. If you are running software off of it, you never know.