About the video: QuadX wrote: This video was made in hopes that it would help people have a quick and easy way to access safely remove hardware. I have this on my USB drive for easy access. That's the main reason for me having it, but it may be convenient if you are in the same boat with people where the icon doesnt show. There is also another way of doing this. Simple do start, run, and then type in what I had in the shortcut box. You could also create a batch file. Here's a page that shows the command: http://ask-leo.com/safely_remove_hardware_where_did_the_icon_go_how_do_i_safely_remove_hardware_without_it.html

You may be wondering, why do I need to do "safely remove hardware"? Well, windows may be using some resources and it's the best way to tell windows "hey, im done with this device please remove it safely". There is a chance of corruption otherwise, from what I have read. Don't believe me? just look it up for yourself.
 •-------- Since getting a message from someone with doubts, I found this for further answers: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080123192044AAl2FI0

So 1.) Either Corruption of files 2.) Corruption of drive 3.) Nothing at all

There is definately a risk, but it depends on what you are doing with the drive when you pull it out. I find it is just best to safely remove it if possible to avoid the risk.