Disconnecting from the computer

I can't find a way to safely disconnect my Sansa from the computer. According to the manual, it should have a little icon on the taskbar, but it doesn't. Is there any way I can tell it to put the icon on the taskbar? Or is there anywhere else I can tell it to safely disconnect? So far my Sansa is working great, but I'm worried that this will cause problems in the future.

pembrokekat Sep 08, 2007

Sorry, perhaps I wasn't clear. My problem is that there isn't any icon for the device on the taskbar. Is there any way I can get it to show one?

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Sandrew's solution is correct, read the manual!

Posted on Sep 23, 2007

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Anything that comnnects via usb as a portable device will be in the taskbar somehere normally a little grey icon with a green arrow above it, right click it and select the remove hardware device you need to remove.

Posted on Sep 07, 2007

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