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How to Properly Turn Off and Disconnect the Drive
Before a hard drive can be used it must be "mounted" to a com-
puter, which means the operating system has recognized the
drive as a usable volume and established a communications link
with it. (If the drive contains more than one recognizable partition,
each partition will mount as a separate volume.)
Before you turn off or disconnect a hard drive, you must
unmount its mounted volume(s) (i.e. terminate the communica-
tions link between the computer and the drive).
Never turn off or disconnect a hard drive without unmounting it first. You may
lose data or damage the drive.
Windows Users
1. In the Taskbar (at the bottom of your screen), click the Safely
Remove Hardware icon (the icon with the green arrow). A pop-
up message will appear with a list of devices connected to your
computer.
. Select the AcomData Drive. (The device letters for both the CD
and HD partitions will appear together in the list.) After a few
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