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Disconnecting a usb floppy disk drive – Sony VGN-CR100 User Manual

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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

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.