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2017 4WaystoUnmountaDrivewikiHow
HowtoUnmountaDrive
FourMethods: UsingWindowsXP,VistaorWindow7viaDiskManagement UnmountingaDriveMountedtoaFolderinWindowsviatheCommandLine
UnmountingaDriveinLinux UnmountinginMacOSX
WindowsXP,VistaandLinuxallowyoutounmountopticaldrives,virtualdrives,andnetworkshares.Thisarticleexplainshow
tounmountadriveinWindows7,WindowsVista,andWindowsXP,aswellasLinuxandMacOSX.
Method
UsingWindowsXP,VistaorWindow7viaDiskManagement
1
1 OpentheComputerManagementapplication.ClickStart.
2 Type"run"onthesearchbox.
3 Clickon"run"underprograms.
4 Typein"compmgmt.msc".
5 Clickoktoruncomputermanagement.
6
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6 SelectDiskManagement.It'slocatedinthelefthandpaneoftheComputerManagementwindow.
7 Selectthedrive.Rightclickonthedriveorpartitionthatyouwanttounmount.
8 ChooseChangeDriveLettersandPathsfromthecontextmenu.
9 Unmountthedrive.SelectthemounteddrivethatyouwishtoremoveandclickRemove.
10 AnswerYeswhenpromptedtoremovethedrivepath.
11 QuittheDiskManagementconsole.
Method
UnmountingaDriveMountedtoaFolderinWindowsviatheCommandLine
2
1 ClickontheWindowsbuttononthebottomleftofyourscreen.
2 Starttypingcmdintothe"Startsearch"boxonthebottomnearthebutton.
3 Clickonthecmdunderprograms.
4 Unmountthedrive.TypemountvolPath/dwherePathisthefolderthatthedriveismountedto.
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Method
UnmountingaDriveinLinux
3
1 Openashell.FromtheLinuxGUI,pressCtrl+Alt+F1toopenupaShell.
Alternatively,youcanselectTerminalfromyourSystemTools.
2 Unmountthedrive.Typeumount/dev/partitionIDintheShellcommandline,wherepartitionIDistheIDofthe
partitionyouwishtounmount.
Method
UnmountinginMacOSX
4
1 Unmountthedrive.Rightclickonthedriveandselect"Eject"fromthecontextualmenu.
Alternatelyyoucandragtothetrashtheiconofthedriveyouwishtounmount.
Tips
Sometimes,whenyouaretryingtounmountadriveinLinux,youwillreceiveamessagethatthedriveisbusy.Youcan
findoutwhichapplicationiscurrentlyusingthedrivebyopeningupaTerminalorShellwindowandenteringthefollowing
command:lsof+D/mnt/windows.Thiswillletyouknowwhichprocessneedstobeclosedoutoforkilledsoyoucan
successfullyunmountthedrive.
Removingamounteddrivedoesnotdeleteanyinformationinthefolder,itsimpleunmountsthedrive.
TheLinuxunmountcommandcanbeusedtounmountfloppydrives,USBflashdrives,filepartitionsandCDdrives.The
syntaxofthecommandwhenyouareunmountingmediaisslightlydifferent.Forexample,tounmountaCDdrive,you
wouldenterthecommandumount/media/cdromintheShellorTerminalcommandline.
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Warnings
TakenotethatthecommandforunmountingadriveinLinuxisUMOUNT,notUNMOUNT.
WhetheryouareusingLinuxorWindows,itissmarttounmountaUSBthumbdrivebeforeunpluggingitfromtheUSB
port.Thisensuresthatyoudontexperienceanydatalosswhenunpluggingthedrive.UnmountinLinuxusingtheabove
command.UnmountinWindowsbyrightclickingontheRemoveHardwareSafelyiconinyourtaskbarandchoosingto
stoptheUSBdrive.
SourcesandCitations
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307889
http://kb.iu.edu/data/anqk.html
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