dismount hdd

[jackmanplus]

i have a restore program that effectively hides a partition(B:) of my drive from windows(C:). The program has been screwing up and i have been able to get to B:\ by typing it in explorer, although when i go to my computer it doesn't show up. Well, because i could access the hidden partition i partially fixed it, and the partition was hidden again on the next reboot(now says path is invalid), but i want to get to the hard drive, im thinking if i dismount partition B:\ and then remount it, it might shake the restore software off. The restore software is an OS in itself and then it loads XP. Um, I don't know if you can just dismount a particular partition, or do you have to dismount the entire drive? Also, i would try using knoppix to acces it but i found out a long time ago it doesn't work on this computer because, i think, the hdd is SATA.

Any Ideas on if this is a good idea, the only thing i know about mounting an hdd is that you must do it in linux or unix to access it, and its automatically done for you in windows, if i understand correctly, if you don't mount your hdd, its equivalent to leaving it unpluged. It just occured to me that maybe i can't get to B:\ because the restore program hides it from windows and windows can't mount it?

Also, i don't want to screw up this comp.

[EzyStvy]

Does the help file or web site of the backup software have any info on this? What is the name of the BU software?

Is saving the backup data important?

[jackmanplus]

ya know what, i'm just gonna figure this one out on my own, because i just wanted to know more about dismounting a hard drive in windows, thanks anyhow everyone, sorry to have wasted your time.

[glc]

Windows XP has fsutil that one can use to dismount the disk: fsutil volume [dismount] VolumePathname