Using mini as a hard drive

I've been using my mini as a hard drive constantly and everytime I've gone to "safely remove hardware" to disconnect it before removing it from the computer. But I found out a few days ago the computers at my school don't allow users to access the "safely remove hardware" icon... is there another way I can disconnect my mini without damaging it? =S

Hi Kara,
This sounds like a PC question, and I'm no PC expert, but can't you just right click on the drive to unmount it?
-P

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