3.3.11 Eject
This media utility is provided to allow for safe ejection of attached drives. Ejecting a
drive removes it from the system software in a safe manner and is recommended
before unplugging any attached media from a powered TX1 and before powering
down TX1 with drives attached. For destination and accessory drives in particular
(since they are read/write), failure to eject a drive prior to removal from the system
could corrupt the drive filesystem, which could result in loss of previously captured
evidence/data. Note that ejection of media being used in a job will not be allowed
until the job is complete.
In addition to quiescing the drive for system removal, pressing the Eject button will
issue an ATA spin down command to drives that may support it. Spinning down
rotating hard disk drives is recommended to minimize the chance of platter damage
upon physical removal of the drive from the system. Note that not all drives support
this command, and some may take longer to eject from the system due to lack of
spin down command support. But this is considered a minor inconvenience
compared to the benefit of minimizing the chance of drive damage.
3.3. Media utilities (traditional media)
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