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Title: Travel Drive
Post by: goodear on June 22, 2007, 10:27:12 AM

I bought a Travel Drive USB 2, 1gig. Is it OK just to plug it into the back of the computer and remove it, or should I take special steps before removing it? Mac G4, system 9.2.

Title: Travel Drive
Post by: Thomas S. England on June 22, 2007, 10:32:04 AM

QUOTE(goodear @ Jun 22 2007, 11:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I bought a Travel Drive USB 2, 1gig. Is it OK just to plug it into the back of the computer and remove it, or should I take special steps before removing it? Mac G4, system 9.2.

It should show up on your desktop as an external drive, just as a CD or DVD will do.  Eject it, the easiest method is to drag in to the trash.

DO NOT disconnect it without ejecting it first.

Title: Travel Drive
Post by: pendragon on June 22, 2007, 10:34:08 AM

It is always best to unmount the drive (drag the drive icon to the trash, or, highlight it and hit Command+E)) before removing it.

Title: Travel Drive
Post by: goodear on June 22, 2007, 01:10:58 PM

QUOTE(Thomas S. England @ Jun 22 2007, 10:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE(goodear @ Jun 22 2007, 11:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I bought a Travel Drive USB 2, 1gig. Is it OK just to plug it into the back of the computer and remove it, or should I take special steps before removing it? Mac G4, system 9.2.

It should show up on your desktop as an external drive, just as a CD or DVD will do.  Eject it, the easiest method is to drag in to the trash.

DO NOT disconnect it without ejecting it first.

OK, but the other day I did pull it our before properly trashing it on screen. What harm could that type of action cause?

Title: Travel Drive
Post by: Paddy on June 22, 2007, 02:21:11 PM

It can cause serious directory damage/render data unuseable. I've accidently removed drives out without ejecting them properly a number of times and I've been lucky - nothing bad has happened. But that's not always the case - just ask Parker. He posted a thread on this topic recently.

http://www.techsurvivors.net/forums/index....showtopic=16364