External Hard Drive Question

Hello,

I recently purchased an external hard drive and it has no power switch, so when I plug it into the wall it powers up automatically.



When I'm ready to turn it off, do I just un-plug the cord from the wall???



Thanks in advance!

the enclosure should have a power button, if not disable write cache on disk then you can remove it without powering it off first.

by "disable write cache on disk", do you mean that I have to use the "Safely Remove Hardware" console in Windows XP?



Thanks again...

You should use that "Safely romove thing". As for the disable cache:

1. Control Panel

2. SYstem

3. Hardware

4. Device Manage

5. Right click on the drive --> properties

6. Goto policies and uncheck it

cool, thanks