PC setting Hard drive and DVD drive as removable

[Steve45402]

Hey all!
I just complete my first pc build and I'm having a problem with windows seeing my Hard drive and Dvd drive as removable hardware. Everything functions correctly, but I've never seen this before so I was just wondering if you guys had any ideas on what the problem might be.

My first thought was maybe it was the way I connected the cables, I don't think this is the issue now because there is pretty much only one way to plug them in.

Everything in the BIOS looks correct as well...Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks!

Motherboard - EVGA 122-CK-NF67-T1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i LT SLI ATX Intel Motherboard

Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600

Hard drive - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250820AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s

Video - XFX PVT73GUGD3 GeForce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16

Ram - CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel
Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400 -

DVD -LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model LH-20A1L-05

OS - Microsoft Windows XP Professional With SP2B 1 Pack

[Cricket]

I just complete my first pc build and I'm having a problem with windows seeing my Hard drive and Dvd drive as removable hardware. Everything functions correctly, but I've never seen this before so I was just wondering if you guys had any ideas on what the problem might be.That's not really a problem...you have SATA drives and since SATA is hot swappable the system sees them as removable drives. So don't worry about it, that's normal.

:) Cricket

[Steve45402]

So the little "Safely Remove Hardware" Icon will permanently be on my taskbar?

Thanks for the help!

[Alaron]

Yes, but you can hide it. Head into your taskbar properties with a right click. Click the Customize button and you can hide the icon. :)

[Steve45402]

Thanks for the help!