hard drives want to safely remove themselves in system tray

Mcninjaguy · 12-15-2008, 06:18 AM

in my system tray it shows that I can safely remove my hard drives. Why does windows want to commit suicide?

can I get rid of this?

**raptor_pa** · 12-15-2008, 06:25 AM

That would be external drives, they need to be dismounted before removed. You don't want to get rid of that. It is not talking about internal drives.

Mcninjaguy · 12-15-2008, 06:29 AM

oh yes it is talking about my internal drives

windows is being emo

im taking a screennshot

**blah789** · 12-15-2008, 02:04 PM

This may sound obvious, but make sure the power and data cables are not loose. Sometimes when it disconnects (for a split second and reconnects) you'll get that in XP and Vista. (2000's not that robust and will hang).
You can check in the event viewer (system log) like ATAPI errors where the drive didn't respond within a timeout period, or paging errors (also possibly caused by drives powering on and off from weak power supply)

Mcninjaguy · 12-15-2008, 10:27 PM

ok i don't have weak PSU so thats done with

my specs are:
CPU: AMD 6000+ AM2 (3ghz X 2)
Mainboard: ASUS M2N SLI Deluxe
Memory: 2x2 800mhz DDR2 Patriot Viper
Hard Drive: 1x320(seagate) and 1x750(Samsung)
Video: EVGA GTX 260 896mb
Sound: Creative Audigy SE
CD Rom: 2x LG DVD 16x(IDE)
Power Supply: 750 watt corsair
Printer: HP 2120 deskjet
OS: Vista Home Premium 64bit

I don't know how to check my system log

I remeber that a slight piece had broken off one of my hard drives that helps keep the data cable in tighter (samsung one I think - its not where vista is)

Ill post back what I find and think

Mcninjaguy · 12-15-2008, 11:00 PM

ok so I checked and the hard drive with vista on it(segate 320gb drive) the dat cable is loosish

**magnethead** · 12-16-2008, 12:44 AM

i think it's because they are detecting as scuzzi's. SCSI was origionally designed to be PnP and hot swappable i believe.

**blah789** · 12-16-2008, 01:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by magnethead

i think it's because they are detecting as scuzzi's. SCSI was origionally designed to be PnP and hot swappable i believe.

Good observation, SATA is hot-swappable too I think.

Mcninjaguy · 12-16-2008, 09:37 AM

Ok so I guess its part of vista like you said balh789 and magnethead

and the format the hard drives are in.

this never bothered me, I was just curious why it was so.

12-15-2008, 06:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	hard drives want to safely remove themselves in system tray in my system tray it shows that I can safely remove my hard drives. Why does windows want to commit suicide? can I get rid of this?

12-15-2008, 06:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,821 OS: XP	Re: hard drives want to safely remove themselves in system tray That would be external drives, they need to be dismounted before removed. You don't want to get rid of that. It is not talking about internal drives.

12-15-2008, 02:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
blah789 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,294 OS: Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows XP SP3	Re: hard drives want to safely remove themselves in system tray This may sound obvious, but make sure the power and data cables are not loose. Sometimes when it disconnects (for a split second and reconnects) you'll get that in XP and Vista. (2000's not that robust and will hang). You can check in the event viewer (system log) like ATAPI errors where the drive didn't respond within a timeout period, or paging errors (also possibly caused by drives powering on and off from weak power supply)

12-15-2008, 10:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: hard drives want to safely remove themselves in system tray ok i don't have weak PSU so thats done with my specs are: CPU: AMD 6000+ AM2 (3ghz X 2) Mainboard: ASUS M2N SLI Deluxe Memory: 2x2 800mhz DDR2 Patriot Viper Hard Drive: 1x320(seagate) and 1x750(Samsung) Video: EVGA GTX 260 896mb Sound: Creative Audigy SE CD Rom: 2x LG DVD 16x(IDE) Power Supply: 750 watt corsair Printer: HP 2120 deskjet OS: Vista Home Premium 64bit I don't know how to check my system log I remeber that a slight piece had broken off one of my hard drives that helps keep the data cable in tighter (samsung one I think - its not where vista is) Ill post back what I find and think

12-15-2008, 11:00 PM	#6 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: hard drives want to safely remove themselves in system tray ok so I checked and the hard drive with vista on it(segate 320gb drive) the dat cable is loosish

12-16-2008, 12:44 AM	#7 (permalink)
magnethead Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 3,570 OS: Vista ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: hard drives want to safely remove themselves in system tray i think it's because they are detecting as scuzzi's. SCSI was origionally designed to be PnP and hot swappable i believe. __________________ For proper support: what are you running? graphics, cpu, m/board, ram, PSU brand wattage PCI-E requires 26 amps at 12 volts. That's a 650W PSU. Power Supply Info and Selection . Info on thermal compounds & application . TEST PSU USING MULTI-METER . Bench Testing Your System

12-16-2008, 09:37 AM	#9 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: hard drives want to safely remove themselves in system tray Ok so I guess its part of vista like you said balh789 and magnethead and the format the hard drives are in. this never bothered me, I was just curious why it was so.