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HD being recognized as removable storage.

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  • Hard Drives
  • SATA
  • Storage
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March 1, 2008 7:09:54 PM

Hello all,

I have a question to ask about my new hard drive. I order a new SATA hard drive, and installed my OS on it, but in Windows XP Home, there is the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the task-bar, when I click on it to see what is there it displays my SATA Hard Drive. Why is it recognizing it as a removable device?

Thanks,
WVSteelers22

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March 1, 2008 7:45:14 PM

many sata controllers will install 2nd hdd's as removable in windows.
March 1, 2008 8:03:51 PM

It's because SATA is hot-pluggable to a degree.

-mcg
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