SATA drive = safely remove hardware?

Ok guys, I got everything setup. the problem is that my sata drive is being shown on the system tray and telling me that I can safely remove it. wtf?

That's standard.
Windows is just being helpful.

Or stupid.

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Originally Posted by clocker

That's standard.
Windows is just being helpful.

Or stupid.

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I have a SATA drive, and it doesnt have the safely remove hardware icon in my taskbar? :huh:

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Originally Posted by orcutt989

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Originally Posted by clocker

That's standard.
Windows is just being helpful.

Or stupid.

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I have a SATA drive, and it doesnt have the safely remove hardware icon in my taskbar? :huh:

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That's probably because you can't remove your system volume. :rolleyes:

AFAIK all SATA drives are theoretically capable of hot swap, though I would not like to try it with ones which have Molex power connectors.