You CAN if you want to put the drive away or move it to another computer, but it's not necessary. Nate -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Kevin Willis <res19rmg at verizon.net> > I bought a 320 GB FireWire hard drive to store my rather large > iMovie projects until they are ready to be burned. The software that > came with it said that it would shutdown and start up with the > computer. However, I had to format the drive as Mac OS Extended > which erased the preloaded software. The drive still shuts down and > starts with the computer, but I was wondering if I need to eject the > drive before I shut down the computer. > > > Thanks, > > Kevin > > > _______________________________________________ > G4 mailing list > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984