Using Peripheral Devices
Disconnecting a USB floppy disk driveYou can disconnect a USB floppy disk 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 a USB floppy disk drive
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To disconnect a USB floppy disk drive when your computer is off, skip steps 1 to 8.
1Close all programs accessing the floppy disk drive.
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3Select the floppy disk drive you want to unplug.
4Click Stop.
The Stop a Hardware device window appears.
5Confirm that the floppy disk drive can be safely removed from the system.
6Click OK.
A message appears stating it is now safe to remove the hardware device.
7Click OK.
8Click Close to close the Safely Remove Hardware window.
9Disconnect the floppy disk drive from the computer.