Installing Drives; Removing Drives; Connecting And Disconnecting External Drives; Swapping External Drives While The Computer Is Running - Dell Inspiron 300m Media Base User's Manual

Press the undock button on the front of the media base for 1 second. (See
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An Undock Complete message appears stating that you can now undock your computer. Click OK.
4. If your media base is secured, remove the lock.
5. Pull the computer release lever (see
6. Lift the computer out of the media base.

Installing Drives

1. Save and close any open files, and exit any open programs.
2. Insert the drive into the optical bay drive on the media base. (See
3. The operating system recognizes the new drive.

Removing Drives

1. Save and close any open files, and exit any open programs.
2. Push the drive latch release and pull the drive out of the bay. (See

Connecting and Disconnecting External Drives

To connect an external drive such as a floppy, CD, CD-RW, or DVD/CD-RW drive while the computer is off, connect the drive cable to the USB connector
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on the media base. (See "Back
To disconnect an external drive while the computer is off, remove the drive cable from the USB connector.
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To connect and disconnect drives while the computer is running, see the following section,
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NOTICE: To prevent damage to external drives, place them in a safe, dry place when they are not connected to the computer. Avoid pressing down on
them or placing heavy objects on top of them.

Swapping External Drives While the Computer Is Running

In Windows XP

1. Double-click the Unplug or Eject Hardware icon on the Windows taskbar.
2. Click the drive you want to eject.
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"Swapping External Drives While the Computer Is Running."