Verbatim Portable Hard Drive USB 2.0 Computer Drive User Manual


 
5
D
isconnectin
g
Portable
H
ard Driv
e
Y
our portable hard drive is hot-pluggable; it can be connected and
disconnected without restartin
g
y
our com
p
uter. To disconnect
y
our
p
ortable hard drive at an
y
time, sim
p
l
y
p
erform the followin
g
ste
p
s.
Y
ou can also disconnect your hard drive at any time while your computer
is
p
owered off.
F
or Windows
U
sers
:
1
I
f
you have
les located on your drive open in any applications,
c
l
ose
th
e
m
.
2
C
l
ic
k
t
h
e Un
pl
u
g
or E
j
ect Har
d
war
e
b
utton in t
h
e S
y
stem Tra
y
.
3
Select your drive
f
rom the menu that appears
.
4
After a moment, Windows will dis
p
la
y
a messa
g
e that
y
our hardware
can be safel
y
removed
.
F
or Mac
OS
U
sers
:
1
If
y
ou have fi les located on
y
our drive o
p
en in an
y
a
pp
lications,
close
t
he
m
.
2
Locate the icon for
y
our drive on the deskto
p
, and dra
g
it to the trash.
N
ote: Please be care
f
ul to
f
ollow the correct procedure when
disconnectin
g
y
our unit. Sim
p
l
y
un
p
lu
gg
in
g
the unit without fi rst
f
ollowing the instructions below may result in damage to your unit and/
or loss of data
.