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Internal SATA hard disk shows up as removable device on Windows 7
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Mar 15, 202626007 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I am running Windows 7 on an Acer Aspire M7720 with three internal SATA drives; drive #2 and #3 are on a removable HDD rack. Drive #3 (on the second removable HDD rack) shows up as removable device in the system tray. If I take drive #3 and put it in the first rack, it shows up as an internal drive…
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Fix for: Internal SATA hard disk shows up as removable device on Windows 7
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This happens if the SATA controller is set to AHCI mode. AHCI supports hot swapping, and because of this, you can ask Windows to "Safely Remove" an internal hard disk, disconnecting it from the OS and replace it without having to power down the syst…
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