I have been struggling with VISTA Home Premium on a GA-EP35-DS3R MB for a few months. One problem is the inability to get hot-plug eSATA drives to work properly. I finally got VISTA to recognize an external eSATA drive (bare Seagate 300GB connected via eSATA and power cable- no case) plugged into the Intel ICH9R/P35 SATA ports (had to rebuild VISTA with the BIOS SATA Raid option turned on and supply a SATA driver during the VISTA build via a USB floppy.)
But I cannot get VISTA to remove the eSATA drive with the Safely Remove Hadrware icon in the Notification Area. The eSATA drive does not show up there. If I right-click on the ESATA drive in Explorer there is no Eject or Safely Remove option.
Has anyone found a how to get VISTA to Safely Remove a hot-plugged eSATA drive attached via an ICH9R port?
Thanks.
But I cannot get VISTA to remove the eSATA drive with the Safely Remove Hadrware icon in the Notification Area. The eSATA drive does not show up there. If I right-click on the ESATA drive in Explorer there is no Eject or Safely Remove option.
Has anyone found a how to get VISTA to Safely Remove a hot-plugged eSATA drive attached via an ICH9R port?
Thanks.