Using your notebook

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Guide

 

 

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Removing a PC Card

 

User

Follow the steps below to remove the PC Card while your computer is on. If it is not removed properly, your

 

Notebook

system may not work properly. If you want to remove a PC Card when your computer is off, skip steps 1 to 7.

 

The Safely Remove Hardware dialog box appears.

 

 

To remove a PC Card, proceed as follows:

 

Sony

1

Double-click the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the system tray.

 

3

Click Stop.

 

 

2

Select the hardware you want to unplug.

 

 

4

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

 

 

system.

 

 

5

Click OK.

 

 

 

A dialog box appears, explaining that it is safe to remove the device.

 

 

6

Click OK.

 

 

7

Click Close.

 

 

8

Eject the PC Card release button (1) and then press it to eject the card.

 

 

9

Gently press the card and pull it out.

 

If you unplug the PC Card from the computer when it is still turned on, your system might crash and you might lose data that you did not save before.