Xtrykr
10-30-2007, 11:57 AM
Heya, as you all know, many SATA drives show up in XP/Vista as a SCSI device. Yes, this is common. BUT, here's where my problem lies. I have an eSata HD enclosure (Cooler Master XCraft 350), and in it is a Seagate Barrucda 10 500gb SATA2 hd, which obviously shows up as a SCSI device when I plug it into my PC. The problem is that SCSI and IDE devices do not give the "Safe Removal" option in my device manager, therefore, I can't hotplug/swap my device for quick removal. I have tried to unplug it on several instances, but over time, I get corrupt disc headers, next thing u know it, I need to reformat.
The hard drive itself works perfectly fine and has no errors. My mobo does detect it as a SATA drive in my bios. My interface shown in my device manager says that I am running SATA, but my storage controller indicates it is using iSCSI. I tried tinkering with this iSCSI thing but there's absolutely no options in there that allow me to fix this.
In any case, my mobo is NF41. I am running Vista Ultimate 64-bit. Anyone got any ideas/suggestions? Thanks.
P.S. All my drivers & firmwares are up to date.
The hard drive itself works perfectly fine and has no errors. My mobo does detect it as a SATA drive in my bios. My interface shown in my device manager says that I am running SATA, but my storage controller indicates it is using iSCSI. I tried tinkering with this iSCSI thing but there's absolutely no options in there that allow me to fix this.
In any case, my mobo is NF41. I am running Vista Ultimate 64-bit. Anyone got any ideas/suggestions? Thanks.
P.S. All my drivers & firmwares are up to date.