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Windows Vista [Non-removable drives appearing in] Safely Remove Hardware

Discussion in 'Legacy Windows' started by Ginger, 2009/04/23.

  1. 2009/04/23
    Ginger

    Ginger Inactive Thread Starter

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    The safely remove hardware button is on but says that my C: Drive and D: Drive are what can now be safely be removed strange when these are non removable, any sugestions
     
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  2. 2009/04/24
    Steve R Jones

    Steve R Jones SuperGeek Staff

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    Welcome to WindowsBBS;)

    That is normal on some computers using SATA hard drives. Only thing you can do is use the "hide" feature of the taskbar properties.
     
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  4. 2009/04/24
    mattman

    mattman Inactive Alumni

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    The C: is your Windows system drive? What type of drive is the D:?

    Steve is likely right, I wonder why though?

    I will adjust your title to be more accurate for the problem.

    Matt
     
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  5. 2009/04/24
    PeteC

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    I can confirm that SATA drives - which are hot pluggable, will show under Safely Remove Hardware under certain circumstances.

    It is, I think, a function of the chipset drivers. On my nVidia chipped mobo they originally appeared, but after an update to the chipset drivers they were no longer shown.
     
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  6. 2009/04/24
    BurrWalnut

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    Click the Windows Orb (Start), type diskmgmt.msc and press Enter. Right-click the drive icon (e.g. Disk 0 wording) > Properties > Policies Tab.

    Internal hard disk drives use "˜Optimize for performance‘ and "˜Enable write caching on the disk’.

    However, a USB "˜drive’ should have a check in "˜Optimize for quick removal’. You shouldn’t need to change anything but if you do, restart the computer.
     
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