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"Folk" <Folk@folk.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 09:09:56 -0000, "Chip" <anneonymouse@virgin.net>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Beemer" <Beemer@nowhere.com> wrote in message
>>news:fs80e.3690$Ab.3038@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>>>
>>> "Hellraiser" <hellraiser1.nospam@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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>>>> K8N Neo2 with two Maxtor 6B250S0 250GB SATA drives on SATA 1 and 2
>>>> XP Prof SP2
>>>>
>>>> Why do these drives show up in "safely remove hardware" in the taskbar?
>>>
>>> Because SATA drives are hot swappable.
>>>
>>> Hellraiser.........>
>>>
>>> Even if not used in raid or stripe?
>>>
>>> Beemer
>>
>>Whatever the "reason", its pretty stupid.
>>
>>My 2 drives show as removable, even though they are both part of my raid0
>>system drive. How stupid is that.
>>
>>I am sure its possible to change their properties to make them *not*
>>removable and therefore not appear in the list.... if only I knew which
>>registry entries to patch. Hmmmmmmm.
>>
>>Chip
>
> I have read elsewhere that the version 4.79 drivers don't have the
> icon, but I haven't actually tried installing them.
Just tried it. It doesn't work - the icon is still there.
Chip