# Safely remove Disk in Windows OS

## <mark style="color:green;">**Overview**</mark> <a href="#overview" id="overview"></a>

* Bring disk to Offline in Windows OS.
* Confirm that the disk’s status = is *offline* in Windows OS and provide disk information to the support team (they will support the infrastructure side).
* Validate again on Windows OS.

## <mark style="color:green;">**Procedure**</mark> <a href="#procedure" id="procedure"></a>

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**Step 1:** Log on to Windows and open Disk Management.

Right-click on the **Windows** menu > **Run**.

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**Step 2:** On Disk Management:

Right-click the disk name > **Offline**

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**Step 3:** Validate disk status:

**Disk status** = *Offline,* and it will disappear on the volume table.

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#### **Confirm that the disk’s status = offline in Windows OS and provide disk information to the support team (they will support on the infrastructure side).** <a href="#confirm-that-the-disks-status-offline-in-windows-os-and-provide-disk-information-to-the-support-team" id="confirm-that-the-disks-status-offline-in-windows-os-and-provide-disk-information-to-the-support-team"></a>

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Please provide disk information:

* **Disk size:**
* **Disk ID** (follow as below):

*\*\*\* Check Disk ID via Disk Management:*

Right-click the disk name > **Properties**

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#### **Validate again in Windows OS:** <a href="#validate-again-in-windows-os" id="validate-again-in-windows-os"></a>

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* Once the support team has completed the infrastructure side.
* Please log on to Windows OS and confirm that the disk has been removed. No disk offline status is shown on Disk Management.
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