Vista Tutorial - SATA Internal Hard Drive now "Removable"?

10-24-2007

Hello. I am not sure when this started but the "Safely Remove Hardware"
icon has my two internal SATA drives listed as "Removable" storage! Does
anyone else have this? Tonight, I did remove my drive F which is in the
second SATA drive. Heck, I can even remove the primary drive, if I click on
it, where the Vista OS is. But I wont dare do it!

10-24-2007

This was normal for a mainboard using an nVidia nForce 4 chipset. What's
yours?

(I believe that you can't remove the drive with the OS.)

Return address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.

"C R C" <Firefox111_2000@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:u4Kxm6qFIHA.5328@xxxxxx

Quote:

> Hello. I am not sure when this started but the "Safely Remove Hardware"
> icon has my two internal SATA drives listed as "Removable" storage! Does
> anyone else have this? Tonight, I did remove my drive F which is in the
> second SATA drive. Heck, I can even remove the primary drive, if I click
> on it, where the Vista OS is. But I wont dare do it!

10-24-2007

That's it! I clicked on the Auto Update on some Nvidia files last weekend.
Yes, I have a motherboard with Nvidia MCP61S chipset.

"Bob Knowlden" <nkbob@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uxtWPArFIHA.5980@xxxxxx

Quote:

> This was normal for a mainboard using an nVidia nForce 4 chipset. What's
> yours?
>
> (I believe that you can't remove the drive with the OS.)
>
>
> Return address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.
>
> "C R C" <Firefox111_2000@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:u4Kxm6qFIHA.5328@xxxxxx

Quote:

>> Hello. I am not sure when this started but the "Safely Remove Hardware"
>> icon has my two internal SATA drives listed as "Removable" storage! Does
>> anyone else have this? Tonight, I did remove my drive F which is in the
>> second SATA drive. Heck, I can even remove the primary drive, if I click
>> on it, where the Vista OS is. But I wont dare do it!

>

10-24-2007

Visit http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
and click on the "Motherboard Drivers" button to find the
latest platform drivers, then download and install.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

---------------------------------------------------------------

"C R C" <Firefox111_2000@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:u4Kxm6qFIHA.5328@xxxxxx
Hello. I am not sure when this started but the "Safely Remove Hardware"
icon has my two internal SATA drives listed as "Removable" storage! Does
anyone else have this? Tonight, I did remove my drive F which is in the
second SATA drive. Heck, I can even remove the primary drive, if I click on
it, where the Vista OS is. But I wont dare do it!

10-25-2007

"C R C" <Firefox111_2000@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Oj3oIMrFIHA.1388@xxxxxx

Quote:

> Well, if you paid attention to my original post, I did try to remove my
> drive F which is on the second SATA drive (non essential drive for TEMP,
> and storage for Pics and Video), and I successfully removed it from the
> system. It disappeared from my "My Computer"! Another poster who replied
> to my original post says it is "Normal" for main boards using the nVidia
> chipset, which I have, and I updated the nVidia drivers through Windows
> Update last weekend! Whoever thought of that as feature is crazy because
> my SATA drives are internal. Yes, SATA can now be external, but I don't
> like that feature on the internal drives. But then, I guess the system
> has no way of determining whether the SATA drive is internal or external,
> I guess.
>

Don't worry Adam doesn't read the posts he just has a quick glance and
chooses ones he thinks he knows about so he can score points.
It has been pointed out to him on multiple occasions that he doesn't read
the posts or doesn't understand what the question is but it makes no
difference.
He will just insult you and call you a fanboy now you have pointed out his
error.
Ignore him as he is obviously insane.

On the subject of your question I suspect the answer lies in how does Vista
tell the difference between an eSATA drive and a SATA drive?
I don't know but it may point someone in the right direction to providing a
fix rather than just an explanation if you aren't satisfied with just
ignoring the problem as it shouldn't cause any real trouble.

10-24-2007	#1 (permalink)
C R C Guest n/a posts	SATA Internal Hard Drive now "Removable"? Hello. I am not sure when this started but the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon has my two internal SATA drives listed as "Removable" storage! Does anyone else have this? Tonight, I did remove my drive F which is in the second SATA drive. Heck, I can even remove the primary drive, if I click on it, where the Vista OS is. But I wont dare do it!
My System Specs

10-24-2007	#2 (permalink)
Bob Knowlden Guest n/a posts	Re: SATA Internal Hard Drive now "Removable"? This was normal for a mainboard using an nVidia nForce 4 chipset. What's yours? (I believe that you can't remove the drive with the OS.) Return address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn. "C R C" <Firefox111_2000@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:u4Kxm6qFIHA.5328@xxxxxx Quote: > Hello. I am not sure when this started but the "Safely Remove Hardware" > icon has my two internal SATA drives listed as "Removable" storage! Does > anyone else have this? Tonight, I did remove my drive F which is in the > second SATA drive. Heck, I can even remove the primary drive, if I click > on it, where the Vista OS is. But I wont dare do it!
My System Specs

10-24-2007	#3 (permalink)
C R C Guest n/a posts	Re: SATA Internal Hard Drive now "Removable"? That's it! I clicked on the Auto Update on some Nvidia files last weekend. Yes, I have a motherboard with Nvidia MCP61S chipset. "Bob Knowlden" <nkbob@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uxtWPArFIHA.5980@xxxxxx Quote: > This was normal for a mainboard using an nVidia nForce 4 chipset. What's > yours? > > (I believe that you can't remove the drive with the OS.) > > > Return address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn. > > "C R C" <Firefox111_2000@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:u4Kxm6qFIHA.5328@xxxxxx Quote: >> Hello. I am not sure when this started but the "Safely Remove Hardware" >> icon has my two internal SATA drives listed as "Removable" storage! Does >> anyone else have this? Tonight, I did remove my drive F which is in the >> second SATA drive. Heck, I can even remove the primary drive, if I click >> on it, where the Vista OS is. But I wont dare do it! >
My System Specs

10-24-2007	#4 (permalink)
Carey Frisch [MVP] Guest n/a posts	Re: SATA Internal Hard Drive now "Removable"? Visit http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us and click on the "Motherboard Drivers" button to find the latest platform drivers, then download and install. -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User --------------------------------------------------------------- "C R C" <Firefox111_2000@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:u4Kxm6qFIHA.5328@xxxxxx Hello. I am not sure when this started but the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon has my two internal SATA drives listed as "Removable" storage! Does anyone else have this? Tonight, I did remove my drive F which is in the second SATA drive. Heck, I can even remove the primary drive, if I click on it, where the Vista OS is. But I wont dare do it!
My System Specs

10-25-2007	#5 (permalink)
dennis Guest n/a posts	Re: SATA Internal Hard Drive now "Removable"? "C R C" <Firefox111_2000@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:Oj3oIMrFIHA.1388@xxxxxx Quote: > Well, if you paid attention to my original post, I did try to remove my > drive F which is on the second SATA drive (non essential drive for TEMP, > and storage for Pics and Video), and I successfully removed it from the > system. It disappeared from my "My Computer"! Another poster who replied > to my original post says it is "Normal" for main boards using the nVidia > chipset, which I have, and I updated the nVidia drivers through Windows > Update last weekend! Whoever thought of that as feature is crazy because > my SATA drives are internal. Yes, SATA can now be external, but I don't > like that feature on the internal drives. But then, I guess the system > has no way of determining whether the SATA drive is internal or external, > I guess. > Don't worry Adam doesn't read the posts he just has a quick glance and chooses ones he thinks he knows about so he can score points. It has been pointed out to him on multiple occasions that he doesn't read the posts or doesn't understand what the question is but it makes no difference. He will just insult you and call you a fanboy now you have pointed out his error. Ignore him as he is obviously insane. On the subject of your question I suspect the answer lies in how does Vista tell the difference between an eSATA drive and a SATA drive? I don't know but it may point someone in the right direction to providing a fix rather than just an explanation if you aren't satisfied with just ignoring the problem as it shouldn't cause any real trouble.
My System Specs

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