'Safely Remove Hardware' SATA disks

[cranberry girl]

Is there any way of stopping my SATA hard disks appearing in the 'Safely
Remove Hardware' icon on XP Pro?

I know there's no harm in them being there; it's just that I use removable
hard disks, MP3 players etc and don't want to remove the wrong thing by
mistake

Thanks

 

[Pavel A.]

Is there any way of stopping my SATA hard disks appearing in the 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon on XP Pro?

I know there's no harm in them being there; it's just that I use removable hard disks, MP3 players etc and don't want to
remove the wrong thing by mistake

This question arises every so often... but Microsoft refuses to
acknowledge it.
Several times (last - on the WinHEC'05) we tried to talk with MS people
responsible for this area but all in vain.
They simply fail to understand the obvious fact: ONLY YOU, THE USER, KNOW
EXACTLY WHICH DEVICE IS REMOVABLE AND WHICH IS NOT.

Please somebody try again... I'm giving up.

Regards,
--PA

 

[AndyP]

Is there any way of stopping my SATA hard disks appearing in the 'Safely
Remove Hardware' icon on XP Pro?

I know there's no harm in them being there; it's just that I use removable
hard disks, MP3 players etc and don't want to remove the wrong thing by
mistake

Thanks

With some motherboards there are a choice of 4 SATA conenctors. 1 & 2 allow
hot swaping (you see the drives in Safely Remove Hardware) whilst 3 & 4 do
not; have alook in your motherboard manual.

Andy