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firewire drive mount / unmount
I recently bought my first firewire HD and the owners manual suggests that you umount the drive everytime you plan to unplug or power down. Is this a must do? What happens if you don't unmount? Whats the best/quickest way to unmount? (I'm using an imac dv+/m-box/80gb fw hd setup)
Thanks for any reply!
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Re: firewire drive mount / unmount
Firewire drives automount....so don't worry about mounting it. Unmounting is pretty much a must. Drag the icon of the firewire disk to the trash. Once the icon disappears, then you can unplug it or turn it off. If you don't, the system will display a warning, and in OS 9, will pretty much freeze the system.
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Re: firewire drive mount / unmount
Thanks, I'm new enough to digital recording that I wasn't sure if dragging the icon to the trash might trash data on the drive as well.
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Re: firewire drive mount / unmount
Unmounting any drive before disconnecting it is a must. The action of dismounting sends a 'commit' to the drive and the final changes (desktop and any open files) are saved.
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Re: firewire drive mount / unmount
If you are nervous about dragging the HDD icon into the bin, highlight the HDD icon, and type Command+Y (put away).
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