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Using Peripheral Devices
Disconnecting an Optical Disc Drive
You can disconnect an optical disc 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 an optical disc drive
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To disconnect an optical disc drive when your computer is off, skip steps 1 to 7.
1
Close all software applications accessing the optical disc drive.
2
Double-click the
Safely Remove Hardware
icon on the taskbar.
The
Safely Remove Hardware
window appears.
3
Select the optical disc drive you want to disconnect.
4
Click
Stop
.
The
Stop a Hardware device
window appears.
5
Make sure the optical disc drive is selected, and click
OK
.
A message appears stating it is now safe to remove the hardware device.
6
Click
OK
.
7
Click
Close
to close the
Safely Remove Hardware
window.
8
Disconnect the optical disc drive from the computer.
