Remove 1.8” Portable Hard Disk in Windows Me/2000/XP
1.Locate the green arrow icon 
on the system tray. Click left button of the mouse on the icon.
2.The Stop USB Mass Storage Device
3.The Safe To Remove Hardware window will appear. Click OK.
4.Your 1.8” Portable Hard Disk is now ready to be removed.
*Note: If you don’t follow the above steps to remove the 1.8” Portable Hard Disk in Windows 2000, the Unsafe Removal of Device message will appear.
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