Sony VGN-UX490N - Manual (Page 90)

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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.