Esata (External Serial Ata) - Toshiba Satellite A350 Series User Manual

Make sure the connector is right side up and properly aligned with the
socket. Do not try to force the connection; doing so can damage the
connecting pins.
If you connect the USB floppy diskette drive after the computer has already
been turned on, it will take about ten seconds for it to be recognized by the
computer. Do not attempt to disconnect and reconnect the drive before this
period has elapsed.
Disconnecting the USB floppy diskette drive
When you have finished using the USB floppy diskette drive, you can follow
the procedures below in order to disconnect it:
1. Wait for the Disk-In-Use Indicator light to go out to make sure all floppy
diskette activity has stopped.
If you disconnect the floppy diskette drive or turn off the power while the
computer is accessing the drive you may lose data or damage the floppy
diskette or the drive.
2. Click the Safely Remove Hardware icon on the Task Bar.
3. Click the USB floppy diskette drive device that you want to remove.
4. Carefully pull the floppy diskette drive's USB connector out from within
the computer's USB port.

eSATA (External Serial ATA)

An device corresponding to eSATA function can be connected to the USB
(eSATA combo) port on the computer.
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Figure 8-7 Connecting the USB floppy diskette drive
Optional Devices
USB Port
USB connector
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