safe ejection of ex. hd from atv

**mytran80@hotmail.com** · October 27th, 2008, 01:22 AM

hi guys ,i have a toshiba 320 ex. hd that doesnt have an on/off switch and it's attach to my enabled usb atv, is there a way to safely remove or eject the hard drive ? even when i put the atv to sleep ,the ex. hard drive's blue led light is still on. is it safe to just pull it out without damaging or corrupting the files? any advice or suggestions could help ,thanks.

**agentlame** · October 27th, 2008, 01:30 AM

while i don't own an atv, i can say this:
the atv was not designed with external devices in mind. i would recommend turning off the atv entirely, if you are extremely concerned with file corruption.

me personally? i would just disconnect the sob, when not in use.

**mytran80@hotmail.com** · October 27th, 2008, 01:41 AM

thanks AL ,i'll give that a try and see if it works ,the good news is i only have 5 movies saved in my ex. hd so if the disconnection ends up corrupting the files,it won't be a total lost

**agentlame** · October 27th, 2008, 01:57 AM

honestly, you should be fine... i have (poorly) ejected flashdrive w/o issue, before.

**mytran80@hotmail.com** · October 27th, 2008, 03:34 AM

Originally Posted by agentlame

honestly, you should be fine... i have (poorly) ejected flashdrive w/o issue, before.

yes ,you are right al ,nothing happened ,i still have my files ,thanks.

**mytran80@hotmail.com** · October 27th, 2008, 03:39 AM

real good news ,when i go on nito tv application on my atv ,when clicking on " files"
i saw my toshiba hard drive with an "ejection" icon next to it ! just press the reverse button the atv remote and voila!! safe removal of the ex. hd .nito tv is always on top of things ,i would like to thank AL,boxee forum,and the maker(s) of nito tv