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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1631511">Yes, all of those actions can hammer a drive's structure and integrity. Hardware-wise, it's probably ok, but the directory structure is most likely badly broken.If you can not eject normally, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Try a shutdown of the computer to see if that will allow it to eject. Force eject is the dead last thing to try. it's the equivalent of stopping your car by driving into a wall. Yep, you stopped, but the collateral damage can be phenomenal.Yes, it's a bad idea to cancel a copy, particularly a large one. Lots of files are "in flight" and can get lost. That's probably the source of all those L+F files, things in flight that you basically shot down with the force eject.</blockquote>