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WVSteelers 22

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03-01-2008 at 10:09:54 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?

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WVSteelers22

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michigante ddybear

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03-01-2008 at 10:45:14 PM

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many sata controllers will install 2nd hdd's as removable in windows.

MrCommunis tGen

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03-01-2008 at 11:03:51 PM

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

-mcg

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