
That’s why Microsoft has yet provided the option “Safely Remove Hardware.” So ensure before unplugging a drive from Windows 11/10, use this “Safely Remove Hardware” feature. You will think that the data are saved and remove the drive, but the data wasn’t actually saved on your disk, and the files on the drive will corrupt.

It can result in data loss in some situations. Windows then performs the write operation in the background. Windows will cache write operations to the drive and let applications proceed as if they had already written the data. On the other hand, the “Better performance” policy does not slow down your program. For instance, when you’re saving a file to the external drive, the program you’re using may stop and wait for the save process to finish before you can continue working. However, this Quick Removal feature can slow down other programs that you are using. Still, this feature dramatically reduces the risk of data corruption if you’re in the habit of safely removing storage devices before unplugging them. A program may be writing to your USB drive in the background anyway. This policy ensures you can remove the USB drive without using the “ Safely Remove Hardware” option. Whenever you connect your USB drive to a PC and write to the drive, Windows writes the data to the drive as quickly as possible when the Quick Removal policy is selected.

For example, you can apply the Better Performance policy on USB A and the Quick Removal policy for USB B.Īs said above, starting Windows 10 October 2018 Update, by default, Windows 10 and Windows 11 both use the “ Quick Removal” policy. Each storage device has its own specific policy setting so that you can select different policies for different devices. Microsoft includes two different policies for external storage devices connected via USB, whether it’s a USB thumb drive or an external hard drive.

How to Optimize USB Storage for Better Performance on Windows 11/10?īetter Performance and Quick Removal in Windows 11/10.

