LaCie Hard Disk Design By Neil Poulton - Manual (Page 13)

LaCie hard disk
• DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON
Getting Connected
User Manual page 13
2.4. Disconnecting Your LaCie hard
disk
External USB, FireWire, and eSATA devices feature “plug & play”
connectivity, which means that your drive can be connected and
disconnected while the computer is running. To prevent failures,
however, it is important to follow these steps when disconnecting
your LaCie hard drive.
Windows Users
1. From the System Tray (located in the lower right-hand
side of your screen), click the Eject icon (a small green
arrow over a hardware image).
2. A message will appear, listing the devices the Eject icon
controls (it should say, “Safely remove...”). Click on the
LaCie hard drive in this prompt.
3. This message will appear: “Safe to Remove Hardware”
(or similar). It is now safe to disconnect the device.
Mac Users
1. Drag the Hard disk drive icon to the trash. (The icon
pictured below is a generic USB device icon. Your drive
may be represented by an icon that looks like the drive
itself.)
2. When the icon disappears from the desktop, the drive
can be disconnected.