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Removing External Hard Drive(s)
Caution
: To prevent loss of data, save your work and close associated applications
before removing the external hard drive (applications need to be closed since they may
keep temporary working files open on the external hard drive). Always unmount the volumes
(eject or drag the volumes to trash) associated with an external hard drive before removing it.
Eject or drag all of the volumes associated with the hard drive(s) before disconnecting or
removing them. When removing a hard drive you will see a “SATA Configuration Changed”
window (See Figure 19). If this is the only hard drive you remove, you may select “OK” in the
dialog box. If you have an additional hard drive to remove, remove it and then select “OK” in
the dialog box.
Figure 19: Removing External Hard Drive(s)
One or more dialog boxes will appear verifying which drive was attached to which channel (See
Figure 20).
Figure 20: Example Serial ATA hard drive removed from channel 0
