Windows things that My D drive is an external drive


  1. Littlejohn56
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    Windows 10 build 15063.332
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    Windows things that My D drive is an external drive


    Windows things that My D drive is an external drive does anyone know how to fix this?
    any help is much APRICATED
    Thanks in advanced
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  3. cyberrufus
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    Windows 10x64 17713
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    You can assign whatever letter you want to your drives.
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  4. NavyLCDR
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    Windows 11 Pro
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    Look in your BIOS/UEFI settings and see if hot swapping is enabled for that SATA port. If you don't have that option, or hot swapping is disabled, then:

    Try this registry entry:
    How can I remove the option to eject SATA drives from the Windows 7 tray icon? - Super User

    I can make a .reg file for the above entries, if needed.

    Now attached is the .reg file to add that entry to the registry.
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