Ejecting Disks

When you eject a disk, the disk is physically removed from the disk drive and its icon disappears from the Desktop.

Tip

When the disk's icon disappears from the Desktop, it is said to be unmounted.

To eject a disk

1.
Click the disk's icon once to select it.
2.
Choose Special > Eject (Figure 62), or press .
Figure 62. Select the disk, and then choose Eject from the Special menu…

or Choose File > Put Away (Figure 56), or press .

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