ModerateComputerUser Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 I have been using Windows Vista for approx 9 months now. Recently I did my usual Microsoft updates and then all of a sudden, the 'safely remove hardware' icon appeared in my taskbar. When clicking on it, it shows my internal hard drives and my internal CD ROM drives. There is nothing else plugged in. I have it set to always hide so it is hidden but when clicking on the left arrow, it will display it.My question is how do I remove it from this tray and have it only appear when an external drive and/or ipod, etc. is plugged in. Obviously, it is showing up because of the internal items I have but to me that seems ridiculous. Any info anybody has who can help me would be appreciated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe43wv Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Quick question, your internal drives, are they SATA? If so that's why their popping up. I've seen this in XP on machines I've built. Not sure how to remedy this, any other thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killerb255 Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Correct. XP sees SATA drives as "removable" or "hot-swappable," even if your boot drive is a SATA drive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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