Mount and Unmount a Partition in Windows
Contents
Open elevated Command Prompt by hitting Win+R > cmd > Ctrl+Shift+Enter > Yes.
Using DiskPart
Type in diskpart
and hit Enter.
Next, enter list vol
. It will list all drives and partitions.
Note the volume number of the desired partition and enter sel vol <volume number>
.
Mount
Assign it a drive letter currently not in use. It can be done by entering assign letter = <letter>
. If you see DiskPart assigned the drive letter or mount point, then the partition mounted successfully.
Leave diskpart by typing exit
. Now you can use it as normal from File Explorer. Enter start <letter>:
to open the partition in File Explorer. Do not forget the colon (:).
Unmount
Enter remove letter = <letter>
in diskpart. If you get DiskPart successfully removed the drive letter or mount point, then it unmounted successfully.
Using mountvol
Mount
Enter mountvol
. It will list all connected volumes with their UUID. Copy the UUID and mount it to a mount point by entering mounvol <mount point> <UUID>
. Now you should be able to open it as normal from File Explorer. To do it, enter start <mount point>
.
Unmount
Enter mountvol <mount point> /P
. It should unmount the partition.
Next Step
Take care.
Author Aditya
LastMod 2022-04-29 (832b7a8)