How to Unmount a Drive

Windows XP, Vista and Linux allow you to unmount optical drives, virtual drives, and network shares. This article explains how to unmount a drive in Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP, as well as Linux and Mac OS X.

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   Open the Computer Management application. Click Start.
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   Type "run" on the search box.
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   Click on "run" under programs.
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   Type in "compmgmt.msc".
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   Click ok to run computer management.
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   Select Disk Management. It's located in the left-hand pane of the Computer Management window.
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   Select the drive. Right-click on the drive or partition that you want to unmount.
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   Choose Change Drive Letters and Paths… from the context menu.
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   Unmount the drive. Select the mounted drive that you wish to remove and clickRemove.
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    Answer Yes when prompted to remove the drive path.
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    Quit the Disk Management console.
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