Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Flash Drive Re-cap

This is just a little re-cap about using your flash drive correctly.

Once you’ve put it in the USB slot the computer should detect the new hardware and automatically open a dialog box asking you what you want to do.

Click “Open folder to view files”.


Your flash drive folder will open, showing you all the files stored on it.

When you are done using your flash drive, make sure you eject it properly or you risk negatively affecting it. 

Click the little upward facing arrow at the bottom right of the screen and then click on the picture of a USB connection with a green checkmark next to it.


You’ll get a couple of options. Choose to “Eject removable disk”.


When you get the “Safe to remove hardware” message you can pull your flash drive out. If you get an error message saying the device cannot be stopped, make sure all files that have been saved to the flash drive are closed and then try again. You can’t remove your flash drive if a word document that is saved on it is still open.


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