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6. Setting up the Drive
6.2 Disconnecting the Drive
When disconnecting the drive from the computer when the power of
the computer is on, the disconnecting procedure is required to prevent
corruption or loss of data files.
Do not pull out the USB cable or turn off the power of
the drive without this disconnecting procedure. The dis-
connecting procedure is described below.
Note that the USB cable can be removed without this
procedure if the power of the computer is off.
Do not disconnect the drive if the computer is in the
sleep or suspend mode.
The screen displays as shown below are one example with Windows
98SE and the other one with Windows 2000. Part of the message may
differ depending on the operating systems.
1. Terminate any applications (CD-R/RW writing software, etc.) that
are using the drive or a file on the media in the drive.
2. Press the eject button at the front of the drive to take out the media.
When the media is used with CD-R/RW packet writing software,
etc., take out the media with the procedure using the software.
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