Is it safe to unplug a blinking USB drive after 'safely' ejecting it?

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00:00 Question
03:48 Accepted answer (Score 40)
05:40 Answer 2 (Score 16)
07:06 Answer 3 (Score 1)
14:07 Answer 4 (Score 1)
14:51 Thank you

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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/1482812/...

Question links:
[Seagate's]: https://www.seagate.com/au/en/search/?ke...
[Toshiba's]: https://www.toshiba-storage.com/products...
[is it safe to unplug flashing usb]: https://www.google.com/search?sourc
[is it safe to unplug blinking +LED usb]: https://www.google.com/search?rl
[[usb] [hard-drive] [windows-10] eject]: https://superuser.com/search?
[[hard-drive]]: https://superuser.com/search?
[[external-hard-drive]]: https://superuser.com/search?

Accepted answer links:
[here]: https://www.toshiba-storage.com/wp-conte...

Answer 3 links:
[avid]: http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US...
[2]: https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/.../
[3]: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Useterms...

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#windows10 #usb #externalharddrive

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