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Ever yanked out a USB without ejecting it first? The consequences aren't always instant, but what goes on behind the scenes might surprise you.

Sometimes, the “Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media” menu in the system tray shows devices that the user doesn’t need to remove, such as USB network adapters, Type-C monitors, SATA/SSD drives ...

Windows logs different activities under event logs, which can be accessed via Event Viewer, including connecting or removing a USB flash drive. But Windows doesn’t track this thing by default. Instead ...