T400, DVD Drive shows up as Safely Remove Hardware?

T400, Win 7 64bit. My DVD/CD Drive has an icon on the tray "safely remove hardware". Is this normal for DVD drives on these units?

Yes; the optical drive is removable, so it has a safely remove option.
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USB Drives works, but does not show up in "Safely Remove Hardware"
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USB Drives works, but does not show up in "Safely Remove Hardware"
Here are my symptom
- USB Flash Drives , USB External HDD works normally
- I can see them in "My Computer"
- I can open "Safely Remove Hardware" via Run Command, but there is no device in the list
- They show up as "Disk drives" in device manager
- When I right click their icons in "My Computer", there is no option to "Eject" them
- In "Disk Management", they show up as "Basic". Prior to this issue, they were "Removable"
After I tested, it seems that my Vista detects every USB storage device as a normal HDD.
I don't know why but I'd appreciate any help because I have to plug-in and remove those drives often, especially flash drives.
Thank you

Hello Mickey2003
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I understand you are having issues in Windows Vista with your USB Storage devices not showing up in the Safely Remove Hardware list. I am providing you with a link to a Microsoft Hotfix for this very issue titled An external USB storage device may not appear in the Safely Remove Hardware list in the notification.... I would recommend you review the KB document and ensure you a familiar with the Hotfix information and run the hotfix to resolve the issue you are experiencing.
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H800-30ea,USB Drives works, but does not show up in "Safely Remove Hardware"

hi
USB Drives works, but does not show up in "Safely Remove Hardware"
Here are my symptom
- USB Flash Drives , USB External HDD works normally
- I can see them in "My Computer"
- I can open "Safely Remove Hardware" via Run Command, but there is no device in the list
- They show up as "Disk drives" in device manager
- When I right click their icons in "My Computer", there is no option to "Eject" them
- In "Disk Management", they show up as "Basic". Prior to this issue, they were "Removable"
After I tested, it seems that my Vista detects every USB storage device as a normal HDD.
I don't know why but I'd appreciate any help because I have to plug-in and remove those drives often, especially flash drives.
Thank you

Hello takpesar,
Welcome to the HP Forums, I hope you enjoy your experience! To help you get the most out of the HP Forums I would like to direct your attention to the HP Forums Guide First Time Here? Learn How to Post and More.
I understand you are having issues in Windows Vista with your USB Storage devices not showing up in the Safely Remove Hardware list. I am providing you with a link to a Microsoft Hotfix for this very issue titled An external USB storage device may not appear in the Safely Remove Hardware list in the notification.... I would recommend you review the KB document and ensure you a familiar with the Hotfix information and run the hotfix to resolve the issue you are experiencing.
Please re-post if you require additional support. Thank you for posting on the HP Forums. Have a great day!
Please click the "Thumbs Up" on the bottom right of this post to say thank you if you appreciate the support I provide!
Also be sure to mark my post as “Accept as Solution" if you feel my post solved your issue, it will help others who face the same challenge find the same solution.
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DVD drive is initiating "safe to remove hardware" by itself

Hi. I am getting the following 2 error messages. I just did a clean re-install of Windows 7 and for the first 3 weeks I had no issues at all (could be unrelated). I am not initiating anything. My laptop is doing this by itself. It just randomly on its own
tries to remove my DVD-ROM. Then it is unable to do it b/c the device is still in use. I have tried searching for this issue and cannot find any other threads. It clicks and beeps and does this all day long - it interrupts my work. The DVD player works just
fine, and when I right-click Properties - it says driver is up to date and device is working. So there appears to be no issues with the device itself... rather that my computer is operating in phantom mode - trying to safely remove hardware on its own that
I am not trying to remove. I have actually gone ahead and removed the DVD drive just to see if it would help, then put it back in, and the problem persists. I am running Window7 64-bit OS. Please help me stop this annoying problem! Thanks!
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error 2: "Problems ejecting HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4247N ATA device . Windows is unable to stop the device.... Close any programs using this device and then remove it.'

Hi,
The reson why I share KB555665 with you is that we can refer to the instruction to use Process Explorer to view what happened with the drive. We can view the detailed process of the drive and find out what is handling\controlling it.
Or there may be some hardware or software that is interfering with the CD or DVD drive. You can test this after restarting your computer in a clean boot state
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135
If this issue disappears in this mode, then we can go on to find out the cause. Detailed instructions about How-To are included in KB 929135
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how do I get rid of the icon (in the system tray) ....and what would have if I "removed" the device. This is my primary hard drive that is being listed.

It is possible that you never unplug this hardware. So how do you get rid of the icon? As far as I know the only way is to right-click the notification area, and selecting Properties. Under the Notification area heading, click Customize. Find the Safely Remove Hardware icon and select Always hide in the Behavior column next to it (press OK and Apply to back out).
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Hi mate
In my Computer you should see the HDD and CD /DVD drive.
Usually the HDD or the partition of the HDD is listed as C and the CD/DVD drive should be listed as D or other letter.
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On this way it is not easy to say what happen there. As far as I know some applications create a virtual drives and I dont know what for applications are preinstalled on your machine.
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Hi all...I just installed a 640gb caviar black sata my original drive was a 120gb ide. fresh install but now notice safely remove hardware on the task bar. when I click it shows my newly partitioned hard drive. Is there some way to remove this? Thanks in advance as always.

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Just installed my T430s with Win7 x64.
But I have a problem with ejecting my ultrabay harddisk using "Safely Remove Hardware and Eject media" icon.
I installed the lastest Intel Rapid storage driver (RST) ver. 12.8.10.1005 from Lenovo download.
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