"Safely Remove Hardware" problem...

[Overdriven6]

hey guys, i just reformatted my computer with windows xp pro. This isnt a real big deal but its annoying. In my task bar, theirs a "Safely Remove Hardware" icon. It offers to safely remove my harddrive and my DVD-drive. They are both SATA drives, and i have the proper and most recent nVidia SATA drivers intalled, but i cant get the little message to go away... any ideas on how to disable those two from appearing in that message??? any help would be appreciated, thanks.

 

[Osiris]

was the icon there before you reformatted? is this a laptop?

 

[Trifid]

I had this when I first had a Nvidia board. It went away after a format when i didn't install IDE drivers.

It could be the sata drivers as well though. Nvidia NF4 boards do not need them.

 

[Osiris]

if its bugging you that bad, you can always hide it

 

[suicide007]

See if you can set sata to ide mode in your bios. I did that with a biostar and everything worked. Also, are you using a controller card or an onboard controller?