Device manager in XP and hardware removal

[Hardball]

I have two hard drives in my system and want to remove one that I have been doing some troubleshooting on (not the boot drive of the system). Do I need to remove it from the device manager list before I physically remove it from the computer, or can I just power down, unplug, and take it out?

 

[deustroop]

grab and pull
DM no matter