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    <p>I have been spending an hour looking for an answer to what seems like a very simple problem..</p><p>I have two external USB drives, one of which I keep at an external location.&nbsp; I am doing a server backup to&nbsp;these drives.&nbsp; How do I unplug the drive?&nbsp; It seems the "Remove the hard drive from Server Backup" removes it permanently.&nbsp; Yet there is no "Unplug" option, and I am reluctant to just pull it out - can't find anything that says you can just yank&nbsp;out the USB cable.&nbsp; And it doesn't seem right I have to log on to the server and </p><p></p><p>I beleive the old WHS 1.0 allowed me to disconnect.</p>
    Sunday, November 18, 2012 4:41 PM

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    There isn't a "Disconnect" option other than the one you mentioned which does not do what you want. As long as a backup is not running you can just pull out the cable. If you are particularly concerned, you could shut down your Server first.

    Phil P.S. If you find my comment helpful or if it answers your question, please mark it as such.


    • Edited by Phil Harrison Sunday, November 18, 2012 7:56 PM
    • Marked as answer by James Xiong Friday, November 30, 2012 1:39 AM
    Sunday, November 18, 2012 7:55 PM