How is this even possible?

[stripe103]

My PC did something weird two days ago.

I was using my 8 GB USB stick and when I disconnected it, the icon didn't dissapear.
And when I tried to open it, it worked and all that. Just as if the stick had been connected.
I could even save edited files.
I restarted the PC and then everything was gone.
This has just happened to me once but I thought I should tell either way.

My question: Is there some kind of cache or something where the files could have been copied to?
I'm using XP.

[Crankeye]

My PC did something weird two days ago.

I was using my 8 GB USB stick and when I disconnected it, the icon didn't dissapear.
And when I tried to open it, it worked and all that. Just as if the stick had been connected.
I could even save edited files.
I restarted the PC and then everything was gone.
This has just happened to me once but I thought I should tell either way.

My question: Is there some kind of cache or something where the files could have been copied to?
I'm using XP.

Its called a delayed write fail. Your data needs to be recovered from your flash drive if you need it back. How important is your data?

[stripe103]

Well quite important. But everything is stil left on the stick.
I just wanted to know what happend.  And now I do!
And it wasn't any big changes I made so I can just redo 'em again.
Thanks for the answer!

[Roph]

Go to the hardware properties of the device to change write caching settings for it =o