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Using Your VAIO Computer

Removing a PC Card

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

To remove a PC Card

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To remove a PC Card when the computer is off, skip steps 1 to 7.

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If you remove the PC Card from the computer when it is still turned on, your system could malfunction and you might lose any unsaved data.

Before you remove the PC Card, click the PC Card icon on the taskbar and close the card. Close any applications that use the PC Card before removing the card. Otherwise, data may be lost.

1Double-click the Safely Remove Hardware icon on the taskbar. The Safely Remove Hardware window appears.

2Select the hardware you want to unplug.

3Click Stop.

The Stop a Hardware Device window appears.

4Confirm that the device can be safely removed from the system.

5Click OK.

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

6Click OK.

7Click Close.

8Push the PC Card release button so that the release button pops out.

9Push the PC Card release button a second time so that the PC Card pops out.