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Sony Notebook User Guide

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Removing a Memory Stick™

To remove a Memory Stick™, proceed as follows:

1Double-click the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the taskbar. The Safely Remove Hardware dialog box appears.

2Select the hardware device you want to unplug.

3Click Stop.

4In the Stop a Hardware device dialog box, select the device that can be safely removed from the system.

5Click OK.

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

6Click Close.

7Press the PC Card release button so that it pops out.

8Push the PC Card release button to eject the card.

9Gently 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.