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CHAPTER 4: Using Drives and Accessories To remove an Express Card: 1 Turn off your notebook, then go to step 5. -ORDouble-click the remove hardware icon in the taskbar. The Safely Remove Hardware dialog box opens. Important If the remove hardware icon does not appear on the taskbar, click the show hidden icons button. 2 Click the Express Card name, then click Stop. The Stop a Hardware device dialog box opens. 3 Click the Express Card name, then click OK. The Safe to Remove Hardware dialog box opens. 4 Click OK. 5 Pull the Express Card out of your notebook. Installing a printer or other peripheral device Your notebook has one or more of the following ports: Universal Serial Bus (USB) and HDMI (digital audio/video). You use these ports to connect peripheral devices such as printers, scanners, and digital cameras to your notebook. Important Before you install a printer, scanner, or other peripheral device, see the device documentation and installation instructions. USB ports support plug-and-play and hot swapping, which means that your notebook will usually recognize such a device whenever you plug it into the appropriate port. When you use a USB device for the first time, your notebook will prompt you to install any software the device needs. After doing this, you can disconnect and reconnect the device at any time. Help For more information about installing peripheral devices, click Start, then click Help and Support. Type the keyword installing devices in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. 52

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CHAPTER 4: Using Drives and Accessories
52
To remove an Express Card:
1
Turn off your notebook, then go to step
5
.
-OR-
Double-click the remove hardware
icon in the
taskbar. The
Safely Remove Hardware
dialog box
opens.
2
Click the Express Card name, then click Stop. The
Stop a Hardware device
dialog box opens.
3
Click the Express Card name, then click OK. The
Safe to Remove Hardware
dialog box opens.
4
Click OK.
5
Pull the Express Card out of your notebook.
Installing a printer or other
peripheral device
Your notebook has one or more of the following ports:
Universal Serial Bus (USB) and HDMI (digital
audio/video). You use these ports to connect
peripheral devices such as printers, scanners, and
digital cameras to your notebook.
USB ports support
plug-and-play
and
hot swapping
,
which means that your notebook will usually
recognize such a device whenever you plug it into the
appropriate port. When you use a USB device for the
first time, your notebook will prompt you to install any
software the device needs. After doing this, you can
disconnect and reconnect the device at any time.
Important
If the remove hardware icon does not appear on the
taskbar, click the show hidden icons
button.
Important
Before you install a printer, scanner, or other peripheral
device, see the device documentation and installation instructions.
Help
For more information about installing peripheral devices, click
Start, then click Help and Support. Type the keyword
installing
devices
in the Search Help box, then press E
NTER
.