SATA Hard disk Appearing as Removable Hardware

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Hi All

Just have a quick view of my PC configration

AMD 3000+ (939)
GigaByte nForce 4 ChipSet Motherboard
1GB RAM
Segate 160GB SATA

And my problem is:
Recently I updated the nForce 4 chipset drivers, from that onwards my SATA hard disk appearing as "removable hardware" on system tray....How can i rid of this problem... Please help me

Is it dangerous if click on "removable hardware" icon.

I also seen this problem on my friend's new PC.
Please help me

When I installed the nforce 6.86 drivers I first selected the IDE driver and I too got the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the systray. I reinstalled the nvidia 6.86 drivers and this time I did not select the nforce IDE drivers and this icon is not there any more.

I dont know if there is any danger on clicking on this icon - did not have the courage to try it

That is normal, actually SATA drives ARE hot pluggable, but ofcourse not when your OS is running from it

And one advice.. Nvidia IDE drivers are CRAP, please dont install them.

... install the drivers manually

.. i do it that way , no probs ..

Also .. nVidia IDE drivers do increase my SATA II drives R/W speed , but hey ... 2 MB-10 MBps will hardly make differences ...