>>> Yeah, I can see how that might corrupt the filesystem. But badly 
>>> enough to render it unreadable? You would think you'd just get a few 
>>> filesystem inconsistencies. The error message sounds more like the 
>>> superblock is unreadable or something...
>>>
>>
>> Depends on what the computer is doing when the stick is pulled out. 
>> Think what could happen, if the computer were writing file allocation 
>> tables...
> 
> Or, say, the superblock. ;-)

Yeah, but AFAIK you only write to the superblock when you initially 
format the volume?

I can understand a file or folder being broken, but the entire FS?

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