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Category » Drive power-up, mounting and unmounting

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1. What is the correct way to remove a FireWire or USB drive from your system?
   If you're using a Mac and removing a FireWire or USB drive while your Mac is still booted, drag the icon of the drive to the trash. This will spin the drive down, and correctly dismount it from the computer. If you're using a Windows, do the same thing by clicking on the Safely Remove Hardware b ...
2. What is the correct power-up sequence for hard drives and computers?
   In general, the best practice is to power on peripherals, and then boot your computer. With FireWire and USB devices, it doesn't matter which is powered on first, the devices will be discovered by the computer once they are turned on. With SCSI devices, you must power the devices on first, or us ...