this doesnt seem right

Please post your model of Dell, so others can help you.

dell dimension C521

Well here is what I think is going on, I have seen a few of these posts about this issue.

 

Due to the type of Nvidia chipset and driver installed in Vista, Vista sees that Sata hard drive and Sata DVD drive as hot pluggable devices, so they show up in safely remove list, Some would consider this as some sort of advantage, but I do see that is a bit disconcerting for the average user, not sure if there is anything that can be done to keep them from showing up in "safely remove" list.

 

If I find a solution I will post it.

so its not hurting anything just to ignore it?

Yes, but you do not want to safely remove the ST entry, that is your hard drive with the operating system on it. It could lock up the PC if you did, Just want you to be aware of the potential problem.

 

I have asked a moderator to look into this issue.

"Nvidia serial ata chipset controller it came from windows updates a few months ago "

 

Oh, never use windows updates for drivers on a Dell, they cause too many problems.

"Do you remember this post from a few months ago ?"

 

I don't remember anything from a few months ago. :smileysad: :smileywink:

 

"Hot swappable drives it does not work for hard drives"

 

Maybe that problem is only for system drives, have you tried it on a secondary drive?

Hi mombodog

Do you remember this post from a few months ago ?

http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=vista&message.id=40817#M40817

Hot swappable drives it does not work for hard drives but it did

work for the DVD drives.

The only way not to see it is go back to the old sata drivers !!

See Yea

is there any chance this is whats causeing the issue im haveing with roxio media creator 9 DE, that i posted about in other software forum? when i first got the pc roxio worked fine, now when i try to copy a disc it reads it fine but when it says to insert a blank disc ill put one in and hit ok and it just ejects it and asks for a blank disc over and over.. i can still burn discs with the other programs i have on my pc such as windows media player just not roxio

I think that is a different issue, but you never know.

Maybe that problem is only for system drives, have you tried it on a secondary drive?

 

Hi

Yes , it does not work on a second hard drive it says it is in use !

 

See Yea 

I have two comments:

 

1.  I have always had the same thing on my computer in Safely Remove Hardware by the clock, for my hard drive and dvd drives.  I just ignore it.

 

2.  I can't recommend always using the Dell support site for downloading drivers.  I downloaded the latest update to my video card from Dell and it made my computer freeze frequently.  I had to restore my hard drive.  I also had to go directly to the ATI website and download a much newer driver than Dell offered.  That one worked.  I do tend not to download drivers from Windows Update, I just use the info to look for the drivers from Dell if I think I need them, and then I consider whether to go directly to the websight, especially if it's for ATI.