SATA HDD

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I have a SATA hard drive (maxtor) , in windows xp Pro it becomes as a
removable storage (like USB falsh memory), how can i solve this problem ?
(of course in WinXP 64x its ok )
 
DL said:
Its an option/feature of the sata/raid controler.
Its not a problem.
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Reza:
DL is basically correct but let me amplify a bit. Because a SATA HDD has the
potential quality of being "hot-pluggable" (some call it "hot-swappable"),
the system will sometimes treat it as a removable drive in terms of
reflecting the Safely Remove Icon in the Notification area (Systray) similar
to a USB external HDD for example. DL refers to this as an "option" but I'm
not aware of any practical way to disable that icon. (There are third-party
programs that presumably have that capability but I would not recommend
their use). There is, however, in XP a "Hide inactive icons" feature that
you may be interested in - see
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;279771

The (practical) bottom-line in all this is that you can just ignore the SRI;
you need not access it in any way with respect to your SATA HDD(s).
Anna
 
Perhaps put badly; I didnt mean Option in that it could be turned off/on.
I should have left it at Feature.
 
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