Using the System Drives and Bays 5-11
Installing the External Drive Connect Utility
Use the NEC Customize Utility to install the External Drive Connect Utility. For
details about using the NEC Customize Utility, refer to Chapter 4 , “Using the
Operating System and Utilities.”
Once the utility is installed on your system, a small icon appears in the lower right hand
corner of the Windows taskbar. Moving your cursor over the icon displays information
about the CD-ROM drive. The balloon message that appears indicates whether or not
the drive is connected. Warm connecting is only supported for the CD-ROM drive.
Using the External Drive Connect Utility
With the External Drive Connect Utility running on your notebook computer, you can
warm connect or disconnect a CD-ROM drive to the right side of your system without
powering off the computer.
Use the External Drive Connect Utility as follows:
1.
If you have files open on the device you are planning to remove, close them.
2.
Right click on the utility taskbar icon to display the menu.
3.
Highlight and click on the Disconnect (or Connect) Device option.
4.
A dialog box appears and lets you know that your system must be in a sleep state
to remove or connect the device and asks you if you want to continue. Press
Yes
to put your system into a sleep state.
5.
Once your system is in a sleep state, disconnect the device from or connect the
device to your computer.
6.
To resume your system after disconnecting or connecting a device, slide the Power
button to the right.
References to the drive letter listed under My Computer and the Windows Explorer
change automatically when the device is removed or connected. The balloon message
that appears when you move your cursor over the taskbar icon also changes to reflect
the new device status.
