Does anything happen to your SD card if you just pull it out of your computer??..

[Roscue2]

The reason I'm asking is because my Dell doesn't seem to have a way to get it out like I would with a thumb drive. With a thumb drive theres an icon at the bottom of the screen that I click on and it ejects the thumb drive.( not literally of course) I can just pull out the SD card right?? I don't want any of my pics to get deleted or damaged by just pulling it out.

Thanx you for your help.

 

[Sandpiper]

Have had mine to lock up, and unable to click the safely remove. I have just pulled it out and never lost anything - not saying you won't.
You should be able to remove by clicking the icon on the lower right bar and clicking the correct drive to safely remove. But you can always click on start - computer - right click the SD card drive and click safely remove.

 

[floridason]

I'm OLD (75) but new to this forum. Just a short note that might help here tho. I have a couple of digital cameras that have cards and I found out that if I push in and release real quick that the card will pop right out.. Now, just to let you folks know, I'm a natural born and raised Floridian (not many of us left). I live here in the city of Okeechobee, FL on the north shore of the lake. (which in the Seminole language means " big water"). KC, aka: floridason.

I just came upon this digital camera imaging forum and found that you are just what I am looking for.(I've been on the MXT forum for a couple of years now) and so
far I hadn't learned what kind of camera to buy, or how to put pics on the forum. But thanks to finding this forum maybe I can learn something. I'm going down to out Radio Shack tomorrow and see if I can pick up a camera(as suggested above) and try to get one. Then maybe you guys can help me with getting it onto the MXT forum and here also. This forum reminds me of the MXT forum, a lot of good ideas and help on both. Thanks, and hope all of you have a good upcoming week.
PS, Sure enjoyed all the pics my wife and I looked at on here too. KC

 

[Sodbuster27]

Being a computer geek (for 28+ years), you should NEVER just yank the card out. Why? Files may be open and they could be damaged. Or as a previous poster has said, you could lock the card up or your computer. This is especially true if you are in the process of reading/writing to/from the card.

Now, have I had any bad things happen to myself personally? Not yet. But then, I am always cautious about that. Between static discharges and then being careless, you don't need to help the computer goblins.

Sodbuster