Using an External Hard Drive for Backups ================================================ plug in external drive USB cable plug in external drive power cable turn on external disk drive will appear as Local Disk (M:) Launch the "Montage Backup" program wait until it says "Backup Complete" In System Tray, click "Safely Remove Hardware" click on USB Mass Strage Device (M:) Wait until it says "safe to remove hardware" turn off external disk un plug external drive power cable un plug external drive USB cable