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pidar wrote:you can use a few hundred other programs...check the SMART with any one of them and post a screenshot on the forum. If you can manage to read the SMART at all, because in truth, I'm more looking forward to whether the drive is recognised and returns SMART at all, or not, rather than the SMART content itself.For comparison
artaa wrote:It's a fact:)SMR or are they broken by virtue of an idea already out of the factory
gamemaniaco1987 wrote:- because it gets power. "Ejecting" is not disconnecting power to the drive, it is interrupting communication with the device. Can you post how this drive is behaving? Specify its model and check the SMART (with any program - colleagues have already indicated their favourite tools, I don't want to add more to avoid unnecessary confusion). Because if your question is just theoretical, then yes - you could have damaged the drive this way. It's not difficult.Why, when you eject a 2.5-inch hard drive in Windows 10, its LED stays on?
gamemaniaco1987 wrote:anything else? It is recognised with the correct model and capacity? Can you see the logical structure? If you don't describe the behaviour of the drive in detail, it's anyone's guess. As there is no head knocking (there is no needle in hard drives - the needle is in the turntable), or other suspicious errors, it is not a mechanical failure, that is, it was not caused by you hitting it with your hand.My HDD is very quiet
gamemaniaco1987 wrote:, it's an SMR. It could have been harmed by an abrupt shutdown if it was storing something in Media Cache. The design in all respects fatal.ST500LM030
gamemaniaco1987 wrote:- yes - be careful. Generally this is a good protection and with any other activity.is there any other handguard
gamemaniaco1987 wrote:.Why do some 2.5" hard drives not shut down when ejected in Windows 10?
gamemaniaco1987 wrote:.My 2.5" HDDs are 2013 models
butterfield21 wrote:.microvibrations that can interfere with the precise positioning of the plates inside
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butterfield21 wrote:- to affect the placement of the plates, you need to apply a really big force. This is something you won't cause with more than a minor vibration or a free fall from the table. A much greater risk is to bring the heads into contact with the platter surfaces, which can damage both the surfaces and the heads themselves.microvibration, which can interfere with the precise placement of the plates inside.
TL;DR: In under 30 seconds, you can verify a bumped 2.5-inch external HDD; as one expert put it, "ejecting is not disconnecting power". This FAQ is for Windows 10 USB 3.0 enclosure users who want to know whether a slight post-eject movement likely harmed the drive, what the LED means, and which checks matter first. [#21258812]
Why it matters: A small bump after safe eject is usually less important than whether the drive is still recognized correctly, exposes SMART, and shows no new read, partition, or detection problems.
| Alternative | What it tells you | Best use after a bump |
|---|---|---|
| CrystalDiskInfo | SMART health and model data | Check whether the drive returns SMART at all |
| USBLogView | Plug/eject event history | Confirm Windows saw connection and safe removal events |
| Windows File Explorer | Model, capacity, partitions visible in practice | Verify the disk still mounts and shows its logical structure |
Key insight: The thread’s strongest takeaway is simple: safe eject in Windows 10 usually stops communication, not USB power. If the LED stays on, that alone does not prove damage. [#21354336]
