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Safely remove the C-drive ????
Posted: 12. Aug 2011, 20:48
by poulbak
Just reinstalled Windows 7 guest.
Now I get the 'Safely remove' for the hard disk:
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What is that about?
The harddisk is on SATA port 0
VBox is 4.10 (newest).
In windows it's shown as a harddisk, not a removable drive.
Is that SATA hotplug or something?
Looks like a bug to me.
Of course I just had to try to eject my c-drive, but the drive was busy
Re: Safely remove the C-drive ????
Posted: 13. Aug 2011, 09:52
by BillG
Why would you try to eject the system drive? I am pleased that it failed.
Re: Safely remove the C-drive ????
Posted: 13. Aug 2011, 12:58
by wacher
The question is why has he an option to remove disk, not why he does it.
He does it, because he is curious
Re: Safely remove the C-drive ????
Posted: 13. Aug 2011, 13:03
by mpack
What version of VBox is this?
VBox used to do this with XP as well, i.e. treat all SATA drives as potentially removable (i.e. eSATA), but I thought that was fixed a long time ago.
Re: Safely remove the C-drive ????
Posted: 13. Aug 2011, 15:53
by poulbak
VBox is the newest!
Never seen it before this version.
The funny thing is that Windows won't even install on anything removable.
Re: Safely remove the C-drive ????
Posted: 26. Aug 2011, 22:36
by wacher
I got it
- Eject C
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Guest: Win7, no one else installed just VBA. A plain Win7 + 4.1.2 VBA.
Re: Safely remove the C-drive ????
Posted: 26. Aug 2011, 23:22
by Sasquatch
It's the SATA hotplug option that gives you this. If you have a laptop and have the Intel Storage controller, you get the same. VB emulates similar hardware, the Intel ICH8M to be precise. And yes, that M stands for mobile, so you have the hot-plug option.