windows:
-press button
-blue swirly screen for what feels like an eternity
-blank screen for another minute
-computer finally powers off
linux:
-press button
-(terminal mode only) prints out services its turning off and what its doing
-computer is off within 2-5 seconds every time
wtf windows?
You haven't actually needed to eject before removing the external drive since like windows 7. And I'm pretty sure whatever service is responsible for making sure nothing breaks is the one that won't let you eject, lmao.
Yeah but you still never know if there's something trying to write a file on an external drive and if pulling it out would make that program only do a partial write. But the idea that it may be the service itself causing it to not eject is plausible 🤔. Maybe I could try setting it to use write-caching (which requires manual eject) and see if it ejects easier.