OMG--PLEASE Help, This Is Driving Me Nuts!

[ManBearPig]

Guys, since the first day i built this computer, windows put up an icon for 'safely remove' and it wants to safely remove my HDD. I cant figure out anyway to take the icon away, so i just set it to hide. No one knows how to get rid of it, and i was wondering if you all had the same problem or could help. Thanks alot!

 

[ssvegeta1010]

could that be a result of SATA's hot swappable function?
havent had the problem myself, so im not sure.

 

[villageidiot111]

Actually I have the same problem, but I've just ignored it. I have a WD Raptor 74gb. I wish I knew how to disable the annoying icon as well.

 

[fuzzynavel]

just ignore it it's not doing any harm!

 

[Anubis]

yea just leave it be,

im curious to what woudl happen if you tried to unmount your primary HDD tho, i guess it would either fusk stuff up bad or you would get an error saying that you cant remove it because something is useing it

 

[Elcs]

Heres me thinking you were going to say that steering wheel down your pants.

Anywho, its not causing you harm so Id just leave it. 1 icon isnt making you paranoid or stressed is it?

 

[ManBearPig]

just wondering if anyone knew how to get rid of it 🙂

 

[aixenv]

you can get rid of it, you just set windows to ignore that device within the "safely remove hardware" icon

 

[SchrodingersDog]

I had the same problem a while back, and it pissed me off so much that I just curled up in a ball and thought about pancakes and hoped it would go away. Short time later it just went away, no idea how. Hope this helped.