How to "eject" non-existing USB drive from Windows 7 host?

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Published on 2011-07-06T19:29:35Z Indexed on 2011/11/15 9:57 UTC
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I use a USB key which is encrypted with BitLocker to store various data. I keep that key with me all the time.

What happens all the time is that I send my home computer to hibernate without ejecting the USB key first. Then I unplug the key and take it with me to work. When I get home, I resume my Windows session and even though the key is not plugged in, the drive still appears as mounted on the system.

I can also unmount the non-existing device with mountvol, but that only removes the drive letter. Windows will still think the device is plugged in. When I plug the key in, nothing happens.

The device's class ID is listed in mountvol output, but the device is not listed in the Disk Management panel.

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