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[dryfter]

Windows XP is amusing, kind of.
There's an icon in the system tray, which you normally use to unmount (disconnect) removeable media, like external harddrives, USB memory keys, etc.
But for some reason, ever since I reinstalled Windows, that icon tells me I can use it to "Safely remove ST3200822AS (Drives C, D)". Umm.. Drive C is the one Windows is installed on. And it's a fixed, internal harddrive.

How is it possible to safely remove the drive the operating system is running on??

Comments

[halofour.livejournal.com]

do you have any idea how to make that icon go away?
icons in the system tray annoy me, unless they're something i'm actually using. since it's highly unlikely i'm ever going to want to unplug my modem whether the computer is on or not i want it to go away. don't really want to have to put whiteout on the screen :p
strangely that icon only showed up a few days ago.

how're you doing?

[maelorin]

my task bar slides away out of sight - so i no get annoyed by the bling ;)

[halofour.livejournal.com]

yeah.. mine does too, for the unused icons. annoyingly, that one always stays in full view

[maelorin]

all the icons on my boxen stay in their little spaces. there is a way to hide such icons - i think it's a registry hack ... not had to do it myself, so i can't be sure.

but remember, google is your friend ...