Help! Windows see my C:/ as removable device

Trox · 9 Dec 2006 at 20:33

Both my C:/, which is a 74gb raptor and my 320 gb backupdrive are seen as removable devices.

Why is this ? Anyway to sort it out?

Clean install on a EVGA 680i mobo

cheers
trox

Tetras · 9 Dec 2006 at 20:34

In theory they are hot swappable as part of the SATA standard and the controller on your board treats them as such, hence appearing as removable.

Trox · 9 Dec 2006 at 20:38

yea but im guessing a raptor isnt ment to be bursting at 9mb/s hehe

gad its just not funny

Hmm the 320gb backupdrive is working fine 132mb burst, but my raptor doenst want to go over 9mb/s burst

Anyone know anything about this? Its a 8mb cache raptor.

Trox · 9 Dec 2006 at 20:54

Excellent , got it sorted

I had to turn of Command Queuing, it was on by default.

just Scott · 9 Dec 2006 at 21:35

Trox said:
Excellent , got it sorted

I had to turn of Command Queuing, it was on by default.

So that's what it is.

Been trying to find why that was happening with my SATA drive. Thanks.

Trox · 9 Dec 2006 at 21:56

hehe np

Jokester · 9 Dec 2006 at 21:58

Doesn't having that on improve drive performance?

Jokester

monkeypants · 9 Dec 2006 at 22:05

Jokester said:
Doesn't having that on improve drive performance?

Jokester

On = <9mb/s burst. Off = Proper Raptor burst speed!

It appears it does not improve performance.

Trox · 9 Dec 2006 at 23:06

Will only improve performance if the drive supports that feature

Joe42 · 10 Dec 2006 at 01:46

Jokester said:
Doesn't having that on improve drive performance?

Jokester

Thats what i thought. Although it doesn't on old 74/36 raptors because its TCQ rather than NCQ so the controllers must support it. Do the new 74/150 raptors have NCQ?

But surely it shouldn't reduce performance? I've always had it enabled on all 3 of mine (old 74s) and never really measured the performance. Perhaps i should...