Depending on the type of drive you might want to use the Windows "Safely Remove Hardware" tool to shut it down and flush the drive first.

由于是可移动的驱动器类型，您可能希望使用Windows的“安全删除硬件”工具将其关闭并首先刷新该驱动器。

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Click the green "Safely Remove Hardware" button on the lower right-hand side of your screen if you are done using your hard drive.

第六步：移动硬盘使用完毕，点击屏幕右下角绿色的“安全移除硬件”按钮。

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To safely remove the USB drive without doing a backup, go to the Disk Manager, select the external USB drive and click Remove in order to eject the drive.

若没有使用备份时，要安全的移除USB磁碟，可以前往磁碟管理，选择外接USB磁碟后点击移除来移除装置。

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