My computer wont eject drives

I can't eject two hard drives from the desktop so when i try it I get always the same "The disk xxxx is in use and could not be ejected". I quitted every application, i did some reboots, resetting PRAM and the problem remains.
I need help.

Permit me to trap your attention, do you have any clue, please? I've fixed some serious troubles days ago but I've no idea how to fix it and how risky it would be for my daily work. Both drives are bootable so, when I launch the system with Macintosh HD I can't eject Macintosh HD2 and viceversa.
Thanks all.

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