• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

How do you remove entries from the "Safely Remove Hardware" list in Windows Vista?

M

mrcaffeinex

Member
I have Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit installed on one of my computer systems. It is installed on a nVidia RAID array, with striping. When I click on the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the taskbar, my RAID array appears in the list. I have been able to discern that this is due to SATA drives being considered hot-swappable to the operating system; therefore since my RAID array consists of two SATA drives, Vista thinks that it can be safely removed.

I don't want the RAID array to appear on this list. I realize it is not really threatening to cause damage in any way, but it is annoying. The only devices I want to see on that list are my flash drive and my external hard drive, when they are connected.

I have been searching for fixes to this and found a number that worked for Windows XP users, but of course the registry values in Windows Vista are different, so those solutions do not apply. I have yet to find an answer that applies to Windows Vista that actually works. Has anyone on the forums here experienced this or found a solution?

Thank you,

-MrCaffeineX
 
Run cmd.exe as admin and type

reg.exe add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\msahci\Controller0\Channel0" /f /v TreatAsInternalPort /t REG_DWORD /d 0x00000001

Change the controller/channel numbers as necessary for the relevant drives.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top