Seagate Expansion drive

I've just bought Seagate Expansion Portable 500GB Hard Drive and can't umount it safely, because disk is spinning. I think, if this will continue, the disk will be definitely damaged.
Any ideas?
Last edited by dudko (2011-02-17 18:17:41)

I have the same model. To unmount I give safely remove from the panel on the left without any problem. If I try to unmount directly from the folder of the drive I have:
Unable to stop drive
This file cannot be stopped

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