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Using Peripheral Devices
Disconnecting a USB floppy disk drive
You can disconnect a USB floppy disk drive when your computer is on or off. Disconnecting the drive when the computer is
in a power saving mode (Sleep or Hibernate) may cause the computer to malfunction.
To disconnect a USB floppy disk drive
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To disconnect a USB floppy disk drive when your computer is off, skip steps 1 to 8.
1
Close all programs accessing the floppy disk drive.
2
Double-click the
Safely Remove Hardware
icon on the taskbar.
The
Safely Remove Hardware
window appears.
3
Select the floppy disk drive you want to unplug.
4
Click
Stop
.
The
Stop a Hardware device
window appears.
5
Confirm that the floppy disk drive can be safely removed from the system.
6
Click
OK
.
A message appears stating it is now safe to remove the hardware device.
7
Click
OK
.
8
Click
Close
to close the
Safely Remove Hardware
window.
9
Disconnect the floppy disk drive from the computer.