Vista Safely Remove Hardware Icon

huhndiddy15 · 11-09-2008, 08:06 PM

So I installed Vista yesterday and I have a question. In the system tray the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon appears and when I click on it, it gives me the option to safely remove my hard drive and DVD drive. Obviously I do not want to remove either one of these and I'm wondering why this popped up. Any insights are appreciated.

StrangleHold · 11-09-2008, 08:13 PM

You running a Nvidia chipset board? If so its normal. (hot-swap) Of course you cant just unplug your OS drive.

PC eye · 11-09-2008, 08:14 PM

That's always seen there. When right clicking on the Start taskbar for properties you have the option to hide icons there from view. Simply open the Notification area tab and click on customize to bring out the drop down menu next to any item to select one of the three choices of always show, always hide, and hide inactive.

11-09-2008, 08:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
huhndiddy15 New Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 12	Vista Safely Remove Hardware Icon So I installed Vista yesterday and I have a question. In the system tray the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon appears and when I click on it, it gives me the option to safely remove my hard drive and DVD drive. Obviously I do not want to remove either one of these and I'm wondering why this popped up. Any insights are appreciated.

11-09-2008, 08:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
StrangleHold Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 9,706	You running a Nvidia chipset board? If so its normal. (hot-swap) Of course you cant just unplug your OS drive. __________________ NZXT Apollo S75QB 750W Phenom II (X4) 720BE 3.5ghz. Gigabyte GA MA790X UD4P G Skill DDR2 1066 4gb. PNY 8800GT Seagate 7200.12 500gb. It's so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isn't it?

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11-09-2008, 08:14 PM	#3 (permalink)
PC eye banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 21,093	That's always seen there. When right clicking on the Start taskbar for properties you have the option to hide icons there from view. Simply open the Notification area tab and click on customize to bring out the drop down menu next to any item to select one of the three choices of always show, always hide, and hide inactive.