Prevent internal hard drive from being unmounted?

I have an XServe with two internal hard drives. The second hard drive is just for data storage. I have a work colleague who needs to get on this server periodically, using Apple Remote Desktop, to connect via afp to a second server in order to copy data over. When he is finished, he disconnects the mounted afp volume.
If possible, I'd like to configure the internal drives on this server so they can't be unmounted from the Finder by mistake. (Right-Clicking, etc)
Is there a way to accomplish this?

changed Finder preference to not show hard drives on the desktop. a work around but resolves my issue.

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