Removing the Safely Remove Hardware icon is most often required by owners of SATA drives using the NVIDIA NForce chipset and SATA drivers. The icon that appears suggests that it is possible to safely remove the hard drive from the system. The impossibility of such actions is obvious. Therefore, the label causes nothing but irritation.
Instructions
Step 1
Click the "Start" button to bring up the main menu of the system and go to the item "My Computer".
Step 2
Select the System Properties section and go to the Hardware tab.
Step 3
Click the Device Manager button and find the IDE ATA / ATAPI controllers line.
Step 4
Expand the entire list of controllers by clicking on the "+" next to the required line and select all lines beginning with the words NVIDIA or Intel.
Step 5
Right-click on the field of one of the selected lines to invoke the service menu and select the "Update driver" item to launch the hardware update wizard.
Step 6
Specify the command "No, not this time" in the opened wizard window and click the "Next" button.
Step 7
Select Install from a list or specific location in the new dialog box and click Next.
Step 8
Check the box “Don't search. I'll choose the right driver myself. and click Next on the next Hardware Update Wizard dialog box.
Step 9
Apply the checkbox next to "Compatible devices only" and select the "Standard IDE controller" line.
Step 10
Click the Next button to update the driver and replace the original NVIDIA or Intel driver with a standard one.
Step 11
Restart your computer to apply the selected changes. An alternative way to remove the Safely Remove Hardware icon is to use the Registry Editor Tool (Advanced).
Step 12
Return to the main Start menu and go to Run.
Step 13
Type regedit in the Open field and press Enter.
Step 14
Go to the branch HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetServices nvatabus and call the context menu by right-clicking on the nvatabus folder.
Step 15
Select New and specify the string value DWORD Value.
Step 16
Enter the name DiasbleRemovable in the Parameter name box and click OK.
Step 17
Call the service menu of the created DiasbleRemovable parameter by clicking the right mouse button and select the "Change" item.
Step 18
Enter the value 1 in the "Parameter value" field in the dialog box that opens and click the OK button to confirm the command execution.
Step 19
Restart your computer to apply the selected changes.
