MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II
USER MANUAL
TURNING OFF/DISCONNECTING THE DEVICE – 26
Turning Off/Disconnecting the Device

Auto-off

My Book turns off automatically when you shut down the computer. You also may
follow these steps to turn off the device.

Safe Shutdown™

The Power button features Safe Shutdown, which prevents the inadvertent powering
down of My Book until all data is written to the device or system. To engage Safe
Shutdown, press the Power button once. You may hear the device power down
before the Power LED turns off. My Book is now shut down properly and may be
safely disconnected.
Safe Shutdown is enabled only through installation of its driver, which must be
installed on each system to which My Book is connected.

Safe Removal

Mac
Drag the My Book icon to the Trash icon for proper dismount. You may hear the
device power down as the Power LED flashes. When the Power LED is steady, you
may press the Power button once or disconnect My Book’s power cord to turn it off
safely.
Windows
Right-click on the WD Drive Manager icon in your system tray and point to
My Book... > Safely Remove. You can also right-click the Safely Remove
Hardware icon in your system tray and select Safely Remove Hardware. You
may hear the device power down before the Power LED turns off. My Book is now
shut down properly, and you may disconnect the device safely.

Unplugging the Device

You may perform normal system shutdown at any time and remove the product
thereafter. If the computer is still on, first follow the instructions under Safe Shutdown
or Safe Removal above.
1. Unplug the interface cable from the device.
2. Unplug the other end of the interface cable from the computer port.
3. Unplug the AC adapter from the power receptacle.
4. Unplug the the DC power connector from the power supply socket on the back of
the device.
Important: To prevent data loss, close all active windows, files, and applications
before shutting down the device, which will otherwise prevent successful safe
shutdown.
CAUTION: eSATA does not support Safe Shutdown.
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