1. Yes.
2. Yes, you can turn off the power.
3. I'm pretty sure you can do this on a Mac. I know this worked pre-OS X.
4. Don't lose it.
eta: pretty much same as always.
River: You gave up everything you had. Simon: [Chinese] Everything I have is right here.
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DXMachina - Oct 06, 2006 4:56:54 pm PDT #9158 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Cybervixen - Oct 06, 2006 5:02:25 pm PDT #9159 of 10003
Queen of the Drive-By
Good, good. Would kinda suck to have laptop with a constantly attached appendage. Particularly since the EHD I ended up with isn't very attractive. I wanted one of the Lacie ones that look like Legos, but stupid Staples didn't have any and I didn't want to wait for it to be shipped.
So basically, I've spent approximately $260 on my computer in the last month, but now it's gonna run like a Porsche, right? :)
Cybervixen - Oct 06, 2006 5:07:20 pm PDT #9160 of 10003
Queen of the Drive-By
Thanks DX. I'm gonna get back to dumping files again. I appreciate your help!
DXMachina - Oct 06, 2006 5:27:20 pm PDT #9161 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Any time.
Cybervixen - Oct 06, 2006 6:01:29 pm PDT #9162 of 10003
Queen of the Drive-By
Hi, me again.
Everything is copied (I gained back almost 8 GB of disk space), but this thing is still thinking or something. Whenever I try to eject it, it says it's in use. Now what? How can it be in use????
Cybervixen - Oct 06, 2006 6:19:53 pm PDT #9163 of 10003
Queen of the Drive-By
Fuckity fuckity fuckity. Need to go to bed now. Need to unplug this stupid EHD so that cat doesn't knock it over during the night. Why won't it let me disconnect????????? NOTHING is running (except Safari, obviously, and Dashboard apps). Is it just reorganizing itself or something?
DXMachina - Oct 06, 2006 6:25:35 pm PDT #9164 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Do you need to eject it? Can you just turn the computer off, and then do the disconnecting?
Cybervixen - Oct 06, 2006 6:28:25 pm PDT #9165 of 10003
Queen of the Drive-By
Pretty sure it has to be ejected. With every other USB connected peripheral I own, I have to eject it - it isn't safe to disconnect it until it's icon is gone from the desktop.
I'd just yank it out and go to sleep, but it took HOURS to copy everything over and I don't want to screw up the stuff I saved, particularly since I already trashed it from my computer's hard drive...
DXMachina - Oct 06, 2006 6:32:25 pm PDT #9166 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
How about restarting the computer, and then trying to eject it?
DCJensen - Oct 06, 2006 6:38:24 pm PDT #9167 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
How about restarting the computer, and then trying to eject it?
Right. What DX said.
Then defrag your hard drive overnight.