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4. Safely Removing Your Defender Flash Drive
Before unplugging the Defender flash drive from the USB port, you should always make sure that you
have unmounted the secured partition (see section 2.7 Unmounting Your Defender on page 37). After
the Defender has been unmounted, you should use you operating system’s method for safely removing
a USB device.
4.1 Safely Removing from Windows
Caution! Be sure that the secure partition has been unmounted before attempting to remove the Defender
drive. See section 2.7 Unmounting Your Defender on page 37.
Please use the Windows ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ function before disconnecting your Defender drive.
To safely remove your Defender flash drive:
1. Click on the Safely Remove Hardware icon located in the task bar.
2. A popup menu appears listing all USB devices connected to your computer. Select the Defender
flash drive from the menu (it will appear with two drive letters).
A message will appear indicating that the portable storage device can be safely removed. You can now
disconnect your Defender flash drive.
If a message saying “The device cannot be stopped right now” appears, please make sure that any
windows or applications accessing the Defender flash drive are closed and then try again.
Safely Removing Defender Flash Drive