SATA HDD & SSD shown as removable

I had the same problem but only had one drive. I found this in another forum and decided to save it.

If Kbird's solution does not work try navigating to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\storahci\Parameters\Device in the registry. Once you are on the Device Key, In the right hand plane, right click and create a new Multi-String Value Name the new value TreatAsInternalPort Double click the new value to edit it. In the Value Data section, start with 0 then 1 2 3 depending on how many ports you have. The trick here is they must be numbered vertically. The value data section will look like this:

0
1
2
3

The example will work for four ports.

I have not tried this myself but the person who posted it said it worked.

TrustMe said:

I had the same problem but only had one drive. I found this in another forum and decided to save it.

If Kbird's solution does not work try navigating to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\storahci\Parameters\Device in the registry. Once you are on the Device Key, In the right hand plane, right click and create a new Multi-String Value Name the new value TreatAsInternalPort Double click the new value to edit it. In the Value Data section, start with 0 then 1 2 3 depending on how many ports you have. The trick here is they must be numbered vertically. The value data section will look like this:

0
1
2
3

The example will work for four ports.

I have not tried this myself but the person who posted it said it worked.

Fantastic. Worked a treat. Thank you.

Now I just have to sort out the Marvell 91xx controller.


Update: I add the Bus No for the Marvell 91xx to the list and that solved that problem too.
Bonus points to TrustMe.

Hairy Scot:
I'm having a little difficulty visualizing what the resulting registry structures look like here. Could you please post a screenshot of the final values as you set them up for that TreatAsInternalPort entry? TIA for the extra effort.
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