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I understand that the internal SATA drives show in the notification area when you go to remove an external drive safely.
What is the make and model of the computer?
You can try these methods to check if the issue gets resolved.
Method 1: Update BIOS.
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Method 2: Update chipset drivers.
Please visit the system manufacturers website and download and install the latest chipset drivers for Windows 8.
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Microsoft needs to add an interface option to disable hot-plug per drive (someone log this request up the chain please).
Up until recently, installing Intel RST drivers made internal SATA hard drives register as fixed drives. Problem solved.
However, Intel have dropped support for older SATA controllers for Windows 8.1, which means that installing Intel RST may not be an option for many users (especially those with P5Q motherboards which have a controller that is no longer supported as of the latest driver pack). Apparently, Intel thinks the 8.0/8.1 transition is the ideal time to hit users for a motherboard upgrade, even though Microsoft intends it as a minor update!
Although Windows runs OK without the Intel drivers, there are problems:
luceberg I do not know why your system could not take the Intel RST. Did you install the latest Intel Chipset INF pack first? It's a pre-requisite. Download them from Intel directly to get the latest version of the INF pack and the second latest version of RST (check the readme file to make sure your controller is covered).
At this time, I do not know if Intel's driver policy stands in the way of a successful upgrade to Windows 8.1. The actual controller driver for P5Q (in the Intel INF pack) is Windows 8.1 certified, but the RST package is not. It may still work, for all we know.
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Hi,
Actually, this is normal if your Bios is set for AHCI Mode for the SATA Drives and not IDE....
When in AHCI Mode, the drives are Hot-Swappable, and this makes it possible to "EJECT" them.
My machine is like this regardless as to whether I have Win 7 or 8 loaded....
The Reg Fix you mentioned is for an entirely different issue I think...
This has nothing to do with sata being confused with esata....
It is intentional for the purpose of hot-swapping drives...
It took me awhile to get used to it also....
Just Customize your Taskbar so that the icon isn't visible all of the time...
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It is by design, but the "design" has issues in terms of practical use and bad consequences. Hiding the taskbar icon solves none of the problems mentioned above.
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- Windows Media Player displays some (smaller?) internal hard drives as portable music players for syncing. This can be disabled in Device Manager, so no problem.
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There is no 'msahci' in Windows 8 so solution you mentioned wont work, but there is another way, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\storahci\Parameters\Device look for value 'IgnoreHotPlug' open it and add hardware id for hard drive, for example:
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