How can I remove ghost drives in File Explorer?


  1. Frank15
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    How can I remove ghost drives in File Explorer?


    After I worked with an external macOS drive with several HFS+ partitions and unplugging it (I was using HFS+ app for Windows to view Mac drives connected to USB), I got these phantom drives on File Explorer.

    What I've already tried to no avail:

    - Remove from disk management: they don't show up there!.
    - Remove with Admin Command Prompt: diskpart (enter)
    list volume...etc. Doesn't show up there either!.

    What can I do?

    Thanks in advance for any help
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  3. Wannagofast
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    Go to Device Manager and set its View to show hidden devices.
    Do they show up there, and if so can you remove them from there?


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  4. joeandmarg0
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    Select one drive,then right click on it.If "eject" shows on the menu,then left click on it.If this works,then do the same ,individually ,for each drive.
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  6. Wannagofast
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    This is also a handy tool for cleaning up hidden devices.
    Download Device Cleanup Tool - MajorGeeks

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