Western Digital WD Series I USB External Drive User Manual - Manual (Page 9)

INSTALLING THE DRIVERS - 6
Unplugging the USB 2.0 External Hard Drive
Windows Users
Double click on the Windows Unplug or Eject Hardware icon in your system tray (located in
the bottom right corner of your screen—see the dialog box below for a depiction of this icon).
The following dialog box displays:
Select and highlight USB Mass Storage Device from the list, then click Stop. To confirm your
selection of the drive to be disconnected, click OK. You may now unplug the USB 2.0
external hard drive from your computer.
Macintosh Users
To unplug your USB 2.0 external hard drive, drag the USB 2.0 hard drive icon to the Trash.
After the disk icon has disappeared from the desktop, you may safely disconnect the external
hard drive.
CAUTION: Do not unplug your USB 2.0 external hard drive before
following the steps below as this could result in data loss.
Unplug or Eject Hardware system tray icon