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Wes Jordan said:
Windows does not have a message that comes up when you remove a flash drive from the USB port. I miss that. I hate having to bother ejecting it.

This is because Windows writes to removable disc's in a more sensible way than OS X (ie straight away) with OS X you can get corruption if you don't eject. You can get an eject menu item here which may help...

I never found windows had a message when you ejected disc's improperly (hey maybe it's an option or something...)

The other issues with your computer seem worse, you should contact Apple about them.
 
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