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Removing a Memory Stick™

 

User

To remove a Memory Stick™, proceed as follows:

 

 

 

Notebook

1

Double-click the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the taskbar.

 

3

Click Stop.

 

 

 

The Safely Remove Hardware dialog box appears.

 

Sony

2

Select the hardware device you want to unplug.

 

4

system.

 

 

In the Stop a Hardware device dialog box, select the device that can be safely removed from the

 

5

Click OK.

 

 

 

You get a message saying that it is safe to remove the device.

 

 

6

Click Close.

 

 

7

Press the PC Card release button so that it pops out.

 

 

8

Push the PC Card release button to eject the card.

 

 

9

Gently grasp the card and pull it out.

 

✍Always remove the Memory Stick™ gently, or it may pop out unexpectedly.

It is recommended that you remove the Memory Stick™ before shutting down the computer.

Write-protecting a Memory Stick™

 

 

Memory Sticks™ are designed with an erasure prevention switch

 

 

to protect valuable data from accidental erasure or overwriting.

 

 

Move the tab to the right or left* to set or release write-protection.

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When the erasure prevention switch is off, data can be saved on the

 

 

Memory Stick™. When the erasure prevention switch is on, data can

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be read from but not saved on the Memory Stick™.

 

 

* The 128 MB Memory Stick™ has a vertical lock.