Operation Manual

5.8. Safely remove hardware

Before you unplug your portable storage device (USB Drive) from the USB port of

your computer, you have to use the “Safely Remove Hardware” option from the

system tray, otherwise you risk corrupting the data on your USB Drive (especially

when using Windows 2000).

To Safely Remove Hardware, double-click on the system tray icon, then select the

USB Drive you want to remove from the list and click on the “Stop” button.

A message will appear indicating that the portable storage device can now be

securely removed. If a message saying “The ‘ …’ device cannot be stopped right

now” appears, you have to close your Windows Explorer or any other application that

is still accessing the data on the USB Drive.