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LaCie Little Big Disk
User Manual
Setting Up Your LaCie Drive
3.2. Disconnecting Your LaCie Drive
FireWire and USB external devices feature “plug & play” connectivity, which means that your drive can be connected and
disconnected while the computer is running. To prevent failures, it is important you follow these steps when disconnecting
your FireWire or USB peripheral device.
Windows Users
From the
System Tray
(located in the lower right-hand side of your screen), click on the
Eject
icon (a small green arrow over a hardware image).
A message will appear, detailing the devices that the Eject icon controls, i.e. “Safely
remove…” Click on this prompt.
You will then be given the following message:
Safe to remove hardware
(or similar). It is now safe to disconnect the
device.
Mac Users
You must unmount the hard drive system before disconnecting it or
powering it down. Either:
• Drag the hard drive icon to the trash.
• Launch Silverlining Pro, highlight the hard drive and select
Unmount
.
The drive can now be disconnected.
CAUTION:
Do not disconnect the USB or FireWire cable when the drive is reading or writing. Disconnecting while
the drive is operating could cause the loss of data. Make sure that your drive is not reading or writing and that the
activity LED is not blinking anymore before disconnecting the USB or FireWire cable.
Mac OS 9.x
Mac OS 10.x
