Cpl Ledanek 247 Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 I saw this icon on the taskbar for removable drives, like those key flash memory. My C:\ drive, a SATA drive is showing as one of them. I'm afraid my wife may accidentally click on it. How do I fix this or is this they way its suppose to be with SATA HD? Thx Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyHaired 0 Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 I saw this icon on the taskbar for removable drives, like those key flash memory. My C:\ drive, a SATA drive is showing as one of them. I'm afraid my wife may accidentally click on it. How do I fix this or is this they way its suppose to be with SATA HD? Thx ← If it's on the taskbar, it's a shortcut. You can check this when you right click -> properties. Edit: Ooops. No, an internal drive should not show as "removable". Still would like to know what it says under "properties". Does it also appear like that after reboot? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
supasniper 0 Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 it will as it should do... SATA drives are hot swapable so as long as they're deactivated you can take it out with no dammage to the data, the downside of this is that you can accidentally dissable it when you don't mean to, i've done it a couple times but luckily my SATA drive it just for games and media storage not OS's i've not sure if you can remove the icon from the tast bar, i'll have a look and see what i can find Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocky 1,224 Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 I boot from a SATA drive and don't have such an icon.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dekela 0 Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 I boot from a SATA drive and don't have such an icon.... ← same here, sata drive, no icon cheers...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cpl Ledanek 247 Posted June 10, 2005 Author Share Posted June 10, 2005 its the "green" one next to the Yahoo IM. If you leave the mouse pointer, a menu would say: "Safely Remove Hardware" It would then open another menu indicating what devices you can "safely remove" i.e. USB floppy drive, flash drive, camera on USB, etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dan 0 Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 yep ive got that too. Notice we both have DFi motherboards cpl... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyHaired 0 Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 When it shows up in the system tray, it should also appear in "msconfig". I've never heard of this before and I doubt it's a question of the mobo. The system tray just indicates what's loaded in the memory when Windows starts up. Edit: Found something that might give a hint: http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=392325 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cpl Ledanek 247 Posted June 13, 2005 Author Share Posted June 13, 2005 When it shows up in the system tray, it should also appear in "msconfig". I've never heard of this before and I doubt it's a question of the mobo. The system tray just indicates what's loaded in the memory when Windows starts up. Edit: Found something that might give a hint: http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=392325 ← Done that. But knowing its there, just don't really solve it, IF its a real problem. That forum does the "Ostrich Universal Solution": I don't see the problem, therefore its not there. I'll dig around more forum and add more pics to the problem. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocky 1,224 Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 Oh, I have that icon, it's nothng to do with hard-drives though - what makes you think it is in your case? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyHaired 0 Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 The way I read that forum link makes me think it's a nvidia chipset driver item. Of course that's a silly explanation if your mobo doesnt come with nvidia chipset But if it does, question is if you got SP1 installed and which version of the chipset drivers. Can be an older or newer version solves the issue. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cpl Ledanek 247 Posted June 13, 2005 Author Share Posted June 13, 2005 DANGIT!!! SP2 got me again!....I guess I have to reformat my HD, and start fresh, since there's barely anything on loaded yet. Is it easy to do a reformat? Crossing my finger... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CR6 0 Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 I don't think you need to reformat ... I see that icon usually when there is removable storage media plugged into a USB slot. (like you said USB floppy drive, flash drive, camera on USB etc.) Check all your USB slots, and tell us what other peripherals are hooked up to your system. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cpl Ledanek 247 Posted June 13, 2005 Author Share Posted June 13, 2005 removable message 1 removable message 2 device manager...the network LAN connection are disabled in the BIOS coz we're ruling out things why I cannot all the sudden not connect to the internet. internet properties 1 internet properties 2 let me know if I need more visual aids Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cpl Ledanek 247 Posted June 13, 2005 Author Share Posted June 13, 2005 I don't think you need to reformat ... I see that icon usually when there is removable storage media plugged into a USB slot. (like you said USB floppy drive, flash drive, camera on USB etc.) Check all your USB slots, and tell us what other peripherals are hooked up to your system. ← @CR6 the problem is: My C:\ drive which is a SATA drive is showing as a removable storage. Thats like a gateway to problem city if someone clicks on it to remove. I know about the hide function on the taskbar. I just wish it would hide permanently Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WhiteKnight77 1 Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 You can hide the icon. Right click on the taskbar and select Properites. In the menu that pops up, you should see a check box called Hide Inactive Icons. Check it and click the Customize button. In the box that opens, check it and hide it. Then you can uncheck the Hide Inactive Icons box and then the removable drive icon should be hidden. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cpl Ledanek 247 Posted June 14, 2005 Author Share Posted June 14, 2005 So I guess there is no "permanet" hide or assign as a "permanent" drive to this SATA HD. That sucks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Specter 0 Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 SATA is a young technology still, and still has it's issues. One of them being that performance isn't that much, or notably for that matter, faster than Ultra IDE 133. In fact, as of right now, the performance gains are really negligible. And for that microscopic difference, you get to deal with 'New Tech' issues. Ain't it grand? That's why I never go New tech. I usually find it ###### me off, causes more probs than not, and requires more attention than I want to give to it, than to actually USING my PC. I let stuff be out 1-1.5 years before I jump onboard. That way it's cheaper, and most bugs have gone away. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyHaired 0 Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 Here's another link. Confirms it's a nvidia driver item. One says that using the MS driver for the sata disk instead of nvidia's, solved the issue. Last post has one more link about the same subject. http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=390569 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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