On Mon, 3 Oct 2016, Alan Corey wrote:
... I'm wondering if I have confidence enough to try a USB hard drive adapter and have it disconnect with a file still open.
I use a USB-attached hard-drive for my periodic "off-line" backups, and have never had any problems with the device connecting/disconnecting. Also, my keyboard does not d/c either, and on the rare occassion when I use a flash drive, it remains connected, too.
So I probably wouldn't worry about it. This problem seems to be only related to mice.
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