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Can't Unmount Internal SATA ext4 Drive in Windows 10

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I am trying to "Add Physical Disk to a Virtual Machine" via:

https://pubs.vmware.com/ws6_ace2/ws/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=ws&file=ws_disk_ad...

System Details:

-Windows 10

-Vmware Workstation 14.1.1 build-7528167

Drive (D:) Details:

-Preinstalled with Ubuntu 17.1

-Formatted ext4

-FireCuda SATA

-Available for selection in Workstation as PhysicalDrive1 where PhysicalDrive0 is Windows Host (drive (C:))

Problem:

From the prerequisites provided in the link, I can see that I need to

  • unmap the Ubuntu drive (D:) which is a greyed-out option in Disk Management.
  • unmount/eject the Ubuntu drive (D:) which not an option in File Explorer

Is there a reason that Windows does not want to let me do these things? See pictures at (virtual machine - Can't Unmount Internal SATA ext4 Drive in Windows 10 - Stack Overflow​) for potential clarification. All help is appreciated!

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wenwang_myheave
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Now I cant open the page https://pubs.vmware.com/ws6_ace2/ws/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=ws&file=ws_disk_ad... , it's 404.

Do you have ever try to add the disk by "Physicaldriver1"  successfully, but failed when unmap it? Can you try to unmap it from the WS UI to remove the disk?

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continuum
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Have you tried to set the disk-status to "offline" ?


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