Windows 10: How can I stop my SSD drive from showing as a Removable drive?

Discus and support How can I stop my SSD drive from showing as a Removable drive? in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; No, nothing has changed. You are correct about the hot swapping - it is the main useful feature of the Advanced Host Controller Interface protocol... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by CountryBumkin, Feb 7, 2016.

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  1. TV2
    TV2 Win User

    How can I stop my SSD drive from showing as a Removable drive?


    No, nothing has changed.
    You are correct about the hot swapping - it is the main useful feature of the Advanced Host Controller Interface protocol (AHCI). The other main feature is Native Command Queuing but that really only benefits server applications.
    So all AHCI SATA controllers are hot swap capable. But no OS will let you eject a system drive.

    In general, if the motherboard's SATA controller is AHCI capable and the OS can't differentiate between a hot swap capable hard drive and and externally connected drive then you get this problem. The AHCI driver tells the OS that it must look for the hot-swap flag in the BIOS configuration or just ignore the SATA connected drive and treat it like a fixed hard drive. Most UEFI BIOS have the option to set drives as hot swappable or not, but older BIOS can have no option. The Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver handled that chore in older OS and BIOS. Newer systems just need the standalone AHCI/SATA driver.
     
    TV2, Feb 10, 2016
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  2. LX07
    lx07 Win User

    Only 99% true *Smile The Intel chipset drivers contain .INF files that will update the product name in device manager.
     
    lx07, Feb 10, 2016
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  3. NIGELMERCIER
    nigelmercier Win User
    OK, I'll change my comment: [The Intel chipset updater utility] does absolutely nothing useful.
     
    nigelmercier, Apr 5, 2018
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