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Using Peripheral Devices

Disconnecting an Optical Disc Drive

You can disconnect an optical disc drive when your computer is on or off. Disconnecting the drive when the computer is in a power saving mode (Sleep or Hibernate) may cause the computer to malfunction.

To disconnect an optical disc drive

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To disconnect an optical disc drive when your computer is off, skip steps 1 to 7.

1Close all software applications accessing the optical disc drive.

2Double-click the Safely Remove Hardware icon on the taskbar. The Safely Remove Hardware window appears.

3Select the optical disc drive you want to disconnect.

4Click Stop.

The Stop a Hardware device window appears.

5Make sure the optical disc drive is selected, and click OK.

A message appears stating it is now safe to remove the hardware device.

6Click OK.

7Click Close to close the Safely Remove Hardware window.

8Disconnect the optical disc drive from the computer.