Module 3/ Unit 4 C) — Lab 15/ Adding a Removable Drive Removable storage devices are simple ways to extend storage capacity on a PC or transfer files. You can complete this lab if you have a USB stick, memory card, or removable hard drive. There are a number of different types of drive, but adding and removing them is usually straightforward, Check the instructions that came with the device if you are unsure 1) Ifnecessary, start your computer and log on. 2) Ifthe device is connected by a cable, connect the smaller "B" connector on the USB cable to the device then the larger "A" connector to a USB port on the PC. Otherwise, plug a USB stick into a USB port or push a memory card into the multi-card reader. aes ae nce New drive detected notification. Screenshot used with permission from Microsoft 3) After a few seconds, Windows will detect the device and begin configuring it, Click or tap the notification and an AutoPlay dialog is shown prompting you with different actions associated with the type of drive, Seagate Expansion Drive (H:) Choose what to do with removable drives Configure storage settings Settings Open folder to view files File Explorer Take no action ‘AutoPlay dialog for a USB-attached hard drive. Screenshot used with permission from Microsoft. 4) For now, just click the Take no action button to cancel the AutoPlay dialog Poge 2865) Open File Explorer and make sure This PC is selected 6) You should see that the drive is listed within under "Devices and drives" and has been assigned a drive letter in the left-hand pane. es ra — ee a —~ ue a eo or ( Locating the newly attached drive in File Explorer. Screenshot used with permission from Microsoft Note the capacity of the drive. In the screenshot above, you can see that What the vendor describes as a 1 TB drive has a formatted capacity of 931 GB. When the vendor uses the term "1 TB," they mean 1000* or one trillion bytes. Windows reports drive capacity using binary measurements (without Using the proper notation), where 1 tebibyte would be 1024* bytes, Consequently, the capacity appears as a bit less than "1 TB." 7) Right-click the drive and note the options—for a read/write disk you should see the option to Format. Select Properties. Using Storage Devices Page 287Module 3/ Unit 4 Poge 268 seagate Expansion Dive (4) Properties x ReadyBosst | revous Vesions Quota Customise: Genel | Tools Hardware Staring —_Securty Tipe: Local Disk Fle gsten. NTFS [Bl Used pace 267.444 224bAes — 55UB [i Feespace: $99924828.544 bytes $3168 Capacty —-—1,000202.272,768 bytes $3168 Dive lt Dak Cleanup (1Cempress this dive to save disk space EZ Albw files on ths dave te have contents indexed in adten to file proportion OK Cancel | | leah Disk properties dialog. Screenshot used with permission from Microson. Note that you can confirm that the disk does have one trillion bytes of space (more or less) 8) Look through the dialog box to view the options available then click Cancel 9) Double-click the drive to view its contents. 10) Close the Computer window. 11) Look in the Notification Area for the Safely Remove Hardware icon B (you may have to click the arrow to expand the area) then click it and select the Eject option 12) Click OK, 13) Unplug the device 14) Optionally, shut down your computer if you are not continuing to use it after, this lab.