I just noticed that the question https://superuser.com/q/1096796/116475 had been closed as "primarily opinion-based". Since no comment were left regarding the closure, I am asking on meta: how is this question primarily opinion-based? I have no idea why an answer would be opinion-based.


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Here is a copy of the question: 

> [When unplugging a USB external hard drive, is it safer to unplug the
> cable from the computer, or from the external hard
> drive?](https://superuser.com/q/1096796/116475)
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> When unplugging a USB external hard drive, is it safer to unplug the
> cable from the computer first, or from the external hard drive?
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> [![enter image description here][1]][1]
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> I am asking as I saw an EHD died right after the USB cable had been
> unplugged from it (the cable had been disconnected from the EHD
> first).
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> [![enter image description here][2]][2]


  [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/QTBUm.png
  [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/UPlpX.png