Remove "Safely Remove Hardware" icon

Since I installed a SATA RAID array, there has been a "Safely Remove
Hardware" icon appearing in the system notification area. When
clicked, it opens a window that allows you to close down one or both
of the drives in the array. Since these are by boot drives and am
using striping, shutting either down, in my view would be anything but
"safe" to shut down. I would prefer that the icon disappear
permanently. Aside from "hiding" it each time, is there a way to get
rid of it?

"LuDean Marvin" <gardenerstouch@hotSSELMAPSmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23mSn6eu7IHA.2336@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Since I installed a SATA RAID array, there has been a "Safely Remove
> Hardware" icon appearing in the system notification area. When clicked,
> it opens a window that allows you to close down one or both of the drives
> in the array. Since these are by boot drives and am using striping,
> shutting either down, in my view would be anything but "safe" to shut
> down. I would prefer that the icon disappear permanently. Aside from
> "hiding" it each time, is there a way to get rid of it?

http://www.iconremover.com/index.html

Thanks. Just what I was looking for.

bud wrote:
> "LuDean Marvin" <gardenerstouch@hotSSELMAPSmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23mSn6eu7IHA.2336@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Since I installed a SATA RAID array, there has been a "Safely Remove
>> Hardware" icon appearing in the system notification area. When clicked,
>> it opens a window that allows you to close down one or both of the drives
>> in the array. Since these are by boot drives and am using striping,
>> shutting either down, in my view would be anything but "safe" to shut
>> down. I would prefer that the icon disappear permanently. Aside from
>> "hiding" it each time, is there a way to get rid of it?
>
> http://www.iconremover.com/index.html
>
>

On 2008-07-26, bud hit the keyboard and wrote:
>
> "LuDean Marvin" <gardenerstouch@hotSSELMAPSmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23mSn6eu7IHA.2336@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Since I installed a SATA RAID array, there has been a "Safely Remove
>> Hardware" icon appearing in the system notification area. When clicked,
>> it opens a window that allows you to close down one or both of the drives
>> in the array. Since these are by boot drives and am using striping,
>> shutting either down, in my view would be anything but "safe" to shut
>> down. I would prefer that the icon disappear permanently. Aside from
>> "hiding" it each time, is there a way to get rid of it?
>
> http://www.iconremover.com/index.html

LOL so the OS reveals a bug as I*d call it, and what gets
offered as solution is a third party tool to remove the
icon. A internal SATA RAID shouldn't be classified as
"removable devices" PERIOD. The people who created the OS
should fix these kind of unnecessary *features* IMHO.

>
>



Dragomir Kollaric
--
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I have to agree with your assessment of the situation, but alas, that
is the state of software development these days!.

Dragomir Kollaric wrote:
> On 2008-07-26, bud hit the keyboard and wrote:
>> "LuDean Marvin" <gardenerstouch@hotSSELMAPSmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23mSn6eu7IHA.2336@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> Since I installed a SATA RAID array, there has been a "Safely Remove
>>> Hardware" icon appearing in the system notification area. When clicked,
>>> it opens a window that allows you to close down one or both of the drives
>>> in the array. Since these are by boot drives and am using striping,
>>> shutting either down, in my view would be anything but "safe" to shut
>>> down. I would prefer that the icon disappear permanently. Aside from
>>> "hiding" it each time, is there a way to get rid of it?
>> http://www.iconremover.com/index.html
>
> LOL so the OS reveals a bug as I*d call it, and what gets
> offered as solution is a third party tool to remove the
> icon. A internal SATA RAID shouldn't be classified as
> "removable devices" PERIOD. The people who created the OS
> should fix these kind of unnecessary *features* IMHO.
>
>>
>
>
>
> Dragomir Kollaric

'LuDean Marvin[_2_ Wrote:
> ;3159743']Since I installed a SATA RAID array, there has been a "Safely
> Remove
> Hardware" icon appearing in the system notification area. When
> clicked, it opens a window that allows you to close down one or both
> of the drives in the array. Since these are by boot drives and am
> using striping, shutting either down, in my view would be anything but
>
> "safe" to shut down. I would prefer that the icon disappear
> permanently. Aside from "hiding" it each time, is there a way to get
> rid of it?

OMG.. I had the same problem as yours.. I wonder how to remove it. its
irritating . I will try to follow your suggestions folks.. Thanks..




--
lakeswimmer

Excellent link. Thanks

"bud" wrote:

>
> "LuDean Marvin" <gardenerstouch@hotSSELMAPSmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23mSn6eu7IHA.2336@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> > Since I installed a SATA RAID array, there has been a "Safely Remove
> > Hardware" icon appearing in the system notification area. When clicked,
> > it opens a window that allows you to close down one or both of the drives
> > in the array. Since these are by boot drives and am using striping,
> > shutting either down, in my view would be anything but "safe" to shut
> > down. I would prefer that the icon disappear permanently. Aside from
> > "hiding" it each time, is there a way to get rid of it?
>
> http://www.iconremover.com/index.html
>
>
>

On Jul 27, 3:32*pm, Dragomir Kollaric <Drago...@DK.org.invalid> wrote:
> On 2008-07-26, bud *hit the keyboard and wrote:
>
>
>
> > "LuDean Marvin" <gardenersto...@hotSSELMAPSmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:%23mSn6eu7IHA.2336@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >> Since I installed a SATA RAID array, there has been a "Safely Remove
> >> Hardware" icon appearing in the system notification area. *When clicked,
> >> it opens a window that allows you to close down one or both of the drives
> >> in the array. Since these are by boot drives *and am using striping,
> >> shutting either down, in my view would be anything but "safe" to shut
> >> down. I would prefer that the icon disappear permanently. Aside from
> >> "hiding" it each time, is there a way to get rid of it?
>
> >http://www.iconremover.com/index.html
>
> LOL so the *OS reveals a bug *as I*d call it, *and what gets
> offered *as solution *is a *third party *tool to *remove the
> icon. *A *internal *SATA *RAID shouldn't *be *classified *as
> "removable devices" *PERIOD. The *people who created *the OS
> should fix these kind of unnecessary *features* IMHO.
>
>
>
> Dragomir Kollaric
> --
> This signature is licensed under the GPL and may be
> freely distributed as long as a copy of the GPL is included... :-)

This is not a OS "bug." The specifications for SATA drives includes
"hot swap" / "hot plug" by default.

On 2008-08-19, smlunatick hit the keyboard and wrote:
> On Jul 27, 3:32Â*pm, Dragomir Kollaric <Drago...@DK.org.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2008-07-26, bud Â*hit the keyboard and wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > "LuDean Marvin" <gardenersto...@hotSSELMAPSmail.com> wrote in message
>> >news:%23mSn6eu7IHA.2336@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> >> Since I installed a SATA RAID array, there has been a "Safely Remove
>> >> Hardware" icon appearing in the system notification area. Â*When clicked,
>> >> it opens a window that allows you to close down one or both of the drives
>> >> in the array. Since these are by boot drives Â*and am using striping,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Ah I see the boot-drive could be safely removed when the OS
is running? The OP didn't indicate at all that he's loading
the complete OS into RAM, so that there would be no need for
the boot-drive (I guess it's "C"....)

Had the OP written about any other drive, there wouldn't be
a reason for me to reply in the way as I did.


>> >> shutting either down, in my view would be anything but "safe" to shut
>> >> down. I would prefer that the icon disappear permanently. Aside from
>> >> "hiding" it each time, is there a way to get rid of it?
>>
>> >http://www.iconremover.com/index.html
>>
>> LOL so the Â*OS reveals a bug Â*as I*d call it, Â*and what gets
>> offered Â*as solution Â*is a Â*third party Â*tool to Â*remove the
>> icon. Â*A Â*internal Â*SATA Â*RAID shouldn't Â*be Â*classified Â*as
>> "removable devices" Â*PERIOD. The Â*people who created Â*the OS
>> should fix these kind of unnecessary *features* IMHO.
>>
>>
>>
>> Dragomir Kollaric
>> --
>> This signature is licensed under the GPL and may be
>> freely distributed as long as a copy of the GPL is included... :-)
>
> This is not a OS "bug." The specifications for SATA drives includes
> "hot swap" / "hot plug" by default.



Dragomir Kollaric
--
This signature is licensed under the GPL and may be
freely distributed as long as a copy of the GPL is included... :-)

On Aug 19, 9:17*pm, Dragomir Kollaric <Drago...@DK.org.invalid> wrote:
> On 2008-08-19, smlunatick *hit the keyboard and wrote:> On Jul 27, 3:32*pm, Dragomir Kollaric <Drago...@DK.org.invalid> wrote:
> >> On 2008-07-26, bud *hit the keyboard and wrote:
>
> >> > "LuDean Marvin" <gardenersto...@hotSSELMAPSmail.com> wrote in message
> >> >news:%23mSn6eu7IHA.2336@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >> >> Since I installed a SATA RAID array, there has been a "Safely Remove
> >> >> Hardware" icon appearing in the system notification area. *When clicked,
> >> >> it opens a window that allows you to close down one or both of the drives
> >> >> in the array. Since these are by boot drives *and am using striping,
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Ah I see the boot-drive could *be safely removed when the OS
> is running? The OP didn't *indicate at all that he's loading
> the complete OS into RAM, so that there would be no need for
> the boot-drive (I guess it's "C"....)
>
> Had the OP written about *any other drive, there wouldn't be
> a reason for me to reply in the way *as I did.
>
>
>
> >> >> shutting either down, in my view would be anything but "safe" to shut
> >> >> down. I would prefer that the icon disappear permanently. Aside from
> >> >> "hiding" it each time, is there a way to get rid of it?
>
> >> >http://www.iconremover.com/index.html
>
> >> LOL so the *OS reveals a bug *as I*d call it, *and what gets
> >> offered *as solution *is a *third party *tool to *remove the
> >> icon. *A *internal *SATA *RAID shouldn't *be *classified *as
> >> "removable devices" *PERIOD. The *people who created *the OS
> >> should fix these kind of unnecessary *features* IMHO.
>
> >> Dragomir Kollaric
> >> --
> >> This signature is licensed under the GPL and may be
> >> freely distributed as long as a copy of the GPL is included... :-)
>
> > This is not a OS "bug." *The specifications for SATA drives includes
> > "hot swap" / "hot plug" by default.
>
> Dragomir Kollaric
> --
> This signature is licensed under the GPL and may be
> freely distributed as long as a copy of the GPL is included... :-)

Mo the boot drive does not get loaded into RAM. It is not just a bug
in the OS but a general setting within the specs of the SATA drive
interface. SATA specifications did include a possibility to hot-swap
the drives. The drivers include the hot-swap feature but they do not
tell the difference between the boot drive or any other data drive.

On a correctly configured RAID system (RAID 1 or 5) any hard drive can
be "hot swapped."