In order for your computer to access the information on a storage device, it must first mount it. Windows XP, Vista and Linux allow you to mount and unmount optical drives, virtual drives, and network shares.
Windows XP and Vista allow you to mount a folder as a drive as long as the file system is NTFS. This article assumes that a drive has been mounted previously, and explains how to unmount a drive in both Windows XP, Vista and Linux.
Today, I've already solve a problem of my friend computer, that have an 'unwanted' disk in his "My Computer". The situation is as seen below. So, then I got an idea to update my humble blog..
Alright!! To unmount a drive/harkddisk, for me, we only have several ways..
Mount and Unmount a Drive in Linux
1. From the Linux GUI, press CTRL + ALT + F1 to open up a Shell. Alternatively, you can select Terminal from your System Tools.
2. Type “umount /dev/partitionID” in the Shell command line, where partitionID is the ID of the partition you wish to unmount.
3. You are done.
Mount and Unmount a Drive in Windows XP or Vista
1. Open the "Computer Management" application by first clicking Start. In XP click Run, and type “compmgmt.msc” in the dialogue box. In Vista, you can just enter the command in the search box to Hit Enter, then click on the program in the search results.
2. Select "Disk Management" in the left-hand pane of the Computer Management window.
3. Right-click on the drive or partition that you want to unmount and choose "Change Drive Letters and Paths". Like me, it would be "Disk 1", because I want to unmount the "Removable (F:)"
4. Select the mounted drive that you wish to remove and click "Remove".
6. Answer "Yes" when prompted to remove the drive path.
7. YOU ARE DONE!! Below is the result for the "Disk Management" if you have already successfully remove the unwanted drive/disk. Well done!!
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