Unknown drive?

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I went to "my computer" and noticed a drive
labeled "removable disk (F:)" and I cannot eject it.
Under properties the drive reads that it is full. I
removed my zip drive named removable disk (E:) and tried
again, no luck. Is there a way in DOS that I can remove
this unwelcome guest?

Please help.
 
I went to "my computer" and noticed a drive
labeled "removable disk (F:)" and I cannot eject it.
Under properties the drive reads that it is full. I
removed my zip drive named removable disk (E:) and tried
again, no luck. Is there a way in DOS that I can remove
this unwelcome guest?

Please help.
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Before arbitrarily removing any devices from your installation, I would
suggest emumerating all physical and logical drives on your system with their
respective drive letters.

This may be a card reader or cd drive that is read-only or it may even be a
network drive set in read-only mode.

However, if you can "point to" all drives/readers on your system both
physical and logical and you end up with letter "F:" left over, you are
probably safe in deleting that device.
 
Thank you for responding. Can you give me the
path/process for doing what you suggested? --> "..if you
can "point to" all drives/readers on your system both
physical and logical and you end up with letter "F:" left
over, you are
probably safe in deleting that device."

Thanks,
--bille.
 
Thank you for responding. Can you give me the
path/process for doing what you suggested? --> "..if you
can "point to" all drives/readers on your system both
physical and logical and you end up with letter "F:" left
over, you are
probably safe in deleting that device."

Thanks,
--bille.
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In the general case, it is simply a matter of thinking "here is a drive and
the letter that accesses that drive is ?".

Just make a list of all drives on your system and put the drive letter for
that particular drive in a column next to the drive:

Floppy - A:
Hard Drive - C:
CD-Rom - D:
etc.

Double-click the icon labeled My Computer should show you all drives your
machine "thinks" is has.

You may have to do some thinking/discovery to determine what the actual
device attached to that drive letter is... By that I mean you will have to
consider any CD writer or rewriter drives, card reader drives, flash memory
drives, etc.; only you know the actual devices installed in your machine.
Alternatively, contact the person/company who built the machine for
information or assistance to determine those items.

One thing you can easily rule out: you either have a network or you don't. If
you have a network, it is possible for a drive letter on your machine to
"point to" a physical drive on a different machine (logical drive). If you
don't have a network, you don't need to consider it.

When you have completed the identification process, you will either have a
physical device identified for each drive letter, or you won't.

Let me know if you still have a question.
 
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