How do you know when to remove the stick?

dogeymon

I insert my memory stick at the retropie main menu and it start blinking rapidly letting me know it’s loading the games

Trouble is, it stops blinking eventually for like 15 seconds or so so I think “good it’s done”

But then before I grab it, it starts blinking again for a while.....I’m like oh it’s not done.

So I wait until it stops and then I’m like “great”

Then I go to grab it and it starts blinking again.

Ugh! I don’t wanna ruin anything! How do I know when it’s done and I can remove it? It’s driving me crazy

edale

Best advice I can give is to get a USB memory stick with an access indicator light, and pay attention to that one as well as the light on the Pi.

dankcushions

the file manager available in the retropie menu shows progress of transfers i'm told

dogeymon

When I try to open select file manager while it’s loading from the sd card reader, it freezes up bad for a while

Are you suggesting I load up file manager first and then insert the memory stick?