Storage Solutions Safely Remove your Hard Disc!!!!!!

[Saiyan]

Guyz this problem(haven't got any problem because of this, have ignored it all these time) was been there from the begining. I dont know why i am getting that Safely Remove Hardware icon in the system Tray for my Seagate SATA HDD.

 

[apollyon]

u installed the nvidia ide drivers....uninstall them n this goes away...nothing to worry abt btw

 

[Saiyan]

if i uninstall the IDE drivers will i be able to use PATA HDD coz kin of evil eill be brings his HDD to my house and transfer what ever animes he downloaded to mine.

 

[Eazy]

It seems if your mother board supports SATA 11 drives and your drive attached is a SATA 11 than it is HOT swappable and then you get this message in the systray - so it is quite normal to get the safe to remove HDD message - read this thread for more info on this...

http://www.pcguide.com/vb/showthread.php?t=39930

P.S. I checked in Experts Exchange and there too I got this same info.

 

[zhopudey]

That means my drive too is hot swappable? Awesome!!! hyeah:

 

[Eazy]

That means my drive too is hot swappable? Awesome!!! hyeah:

Please read the thread I linked above - it may not be a good idea to HOT swap the system drive. I would never try HOT swapping a HDD - the very thought scares me :O

 

[Rave]

Please read the thread I linked above - it may not be a good idea to HOT swap the system drive. I would never try HOT swapping a HDD - the very thought scares me :O

imagine what wud happen if u "hot" swap a drive on which ur windows is installed

 

[dipdude]

saiyan, i have the same icon too, nothing to worry, set it to always hide

yup, sata is hot swappable but you would'nt want to swap a drive with your os on it

 

[zhopudey]

D'uh!!!

it may not be a good idea to HOT swap the system drive.

Not a good idea? Of course its not!!! Its a very bad idea!

You think I'd remove my system drive? :tongue: Come'on guys, gimme a break.

Edit: Anyways, I don't think I could stop the hdd thru the "safely remove hardware" thing. It'll say " cannot stop the device as its being accessed".

 

[stormblast]

i too get the same icon. it comes after u install the nvidia drivers. nothing to worry about

 

[Saiyan]

Thanks for the info guyz. Anyway i too use always hide option to hide it.

 

[SunnyBoi]

imagine what wud happen if u "hot" swap a drive on which ur windows is installed

hehe...ppl at our college hostel "hot-swap" IDE HDDs hyeah: no side effects, windows wont crash, etc etc....lol

 

[TheMask]

I have OS installed in a PATA drive. 2 of my data drives are SATA and i have tried "hot-swap"ing them. U can stop the devices n remove them. then, just plug in the data n power cable n the drive works fine again. But, u've to ensure the drive doesnt shake too much when it is being plugged in or out.