Changing removable hard drive and dvd drive to permanent

2008-01-20 23:06:07

#1

Tdog2007: Giggity Giggity; +25|6992|US

Title pretty much asks my question. My hard drive and dvd drive are removable for some reason and wondering if there's a quick fix. If I have to go into the BIOS, whoever posts it, I would like to know exactly what to do so I don't screw anything up (friend put it together for me).

Thanks in advance.

2008-01-20 23:07:34

#2

King_County_Downy: shitfaced; +2,791|6877|Seattle

Super glue?

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2008-01-20 23:08:11

#3

Ayumiz: J-10 whore; +103|7013|Singapore

hmm, i also had this thing. My HDD inside the com showed up on XP as removable but i edited something in the registry. Before i reformatted, it wasnt like that.

2008-01-20 23:08:22

#4

Tdog2007: Giggity Giggity; +25|6992|US

no i mean windows says they're removable and want to know how to make them permanent

EDIT: dont want to reformat thats for sure...

Last edited by Tdog2007 (2008-01-20 23:09:01)

2008-01-20 23:09:45

#5

King_County_Downy: shitfaced; +2,791|6877|Seattle

K, how bout this; right click the clock, select properties, click the customize button by the notification area (towards the bottom) and tell it to hide those icons "always". Annoyance solved, no? Unless I'm missing the point of this all together.

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2008-01-20 23:11:01

#6

Tdog2007: Giggity Giggity; +25|6992|US

lol ya u are. having them be able to be removed lessens performance, if I'm correct.

2008-01-20 23:14:39

#7

King_County_Downy: shitfaced; +2,791|6877|Seattle

Or try this: Right click on my computer, select Manage. Click on disk management. Right click your drive, select properties. Enable disk caching n stuff. Like this:

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2008-01-20 23:15:01

#8

[TUF]Whiskey_Oktober: mmmm...Toasty!; +91|7001|Oregon

k....thats retarded. and totally false. if its connected right, you should be good.

for example: an external harddrive is just as fast as an internal one, but because of the connection (USB2.0, firewire, etc), it doesnt perform as fast. doesn't mean the hardrive is slower at all, but the cable is slower then the one in your pc. if you have it installed correctly, it shouldnt matter for performance.

2008-01-20 23:17:42