5. Drive Usage

Now you are ready to use the attached drive as an external storage device. A brand new hard drive must be formatted and partitioned first. You can use Windows Disk Management utility in Windows XP/2000, Mac built-in partition utility, or other disk management software as required to perform disk-related tasks. Please refer to your software documentation for instructions.

You can read and write files to and from the drive as you would with an ordinary drive.

5.1 Removing the Enclosure Box Safely

Before unplugging the Enclosure Box from your computer or powering it off, please take the following steps to safely remove the device in order to prevent any data loss.

For Windows

Step 1 In the System Tray, right-click the unplug/eject icon and select Unplug or eject hardware or Safely Remove Hardware.

Step 2 Select the device you want to unplug, then click Stop and OK.

Step 3 When Windows notifies you that it is safe to do so, unplug the Enclosure Box from your computer.

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Airlink101 AEN-U55W user manual Drive Usage, Removing the Enclosure Box Safely