New: USB Safely Remove v5.0, and with a discount for 'free' users

[Ath]

 Got an e-mail today from the Chrystal Rich team:

We are happy to announce the new major release of USB Safely Remove 5.0! The new
version includes significantly improved device menu, unicode support, lots of
new options and bug fixes. Read more and download here:
  http://safelyremove....ove-5-0-final?emfree

!!! Special offer for owners of free licenses !!!
We are also pleased to offer you 30% off on purchasing an upgradeable license
for USB Safely Remove. Get the deal here:
  http://safelyremove....m/order.htm?30pofffu

 Hurry, the offer is time limited!

Sounds interesting

[Curt]

If you already have a license for USB Safely Remove, the cheapest option is to upgrade right now to Zentimo = 50% off!  

http://zentimo.com/order.htm?usbsr=1

[tomos]

If you already have a license for USB Safely Remove, the cheapest option is to upgrade right now to Zentimo = 50% off! 

-Curt (January 31, 2012, 04:32 PM)

I was going to ask about the difference between the two.
But then I found Chris's review:
Mini-Review and Discount (Sep 2010): USB Safely Remove and Zentimo

[flamerz]

im confortable with the license policy of usb safely remove

ill not upgrade to zentimo.  

[MerleOne]

First quick impression about the new version is that it takes additional resources on my old/slow XP box, but I have to recheck after a clean reboot...

[Innuendo]

Public Service Announcement:

USB Safely Remove v5 is on offer at BitsDuJour today for $11.94...40% off.

[Curt]

Public Service Announcement:
USB Safely Remove v5 is on offer at BitsDuJour today for $11.94...40% off.

-Innuendo (February 10, 2012, 09:24 AM)

http://www.bitsdujou...e/usb-safely-remove/

Notice the lifetime key -offer, less than $27 (plus VAT):

[Innuendo]

I remember the days when $20 got you a lifetime upgrade path. I guess they changed that.

I've never really paid much attention to USB Safely Remove or Zentimo, but lots of people are using these programs so maybe I'm missing something. Guess I'll install one and give it a test drive to see if there's any functionality it offers that warrants a purchase.

[Ath]

I've never really paid much attention to USB Safely Remove or Zentimo, but lots of people are using these programs so maybe I'm missing something.

-Innuendo (February 10, 2012, 10:26 AM)

It's become quite popular after Microsoft mutilated the USB eject stuff, that was working just fine in Windows XP, in Windows Vista, and didn't fix it with Windows 7.

[Innuendo]

I've always heard about Microsoft borking this or that in regards to the USB eject stuff, but I have always just waited till a USB device's activity light has gone out & yanked it without doing any USB eject command. Never have suffered any data loss....so again....I must be missing something.

[Ath]

Never have suffered any data loss...

-Innuendo (February 10, 2012, 02:07 PM)

Hm, must confirm the other way around. I did have issues after copying files, and not being able to read them 5 minutes later on another PC. After waiting for the light top stop flashing, ofc.
And write-caching is in it's default Off setting in most Windows installs.

Never had these issues after using either the native Windows USB Eject stuff, or USBSR (or Zentimo during the short time I used that), so I'm sticking to the 'Better Safe then Sorry' practice, and accept losing a few seconds every time I have to eject one of my several USB drives.