Microsoft confirming now that a bug in Windows 11 can incorrectly present SATA-attached storage devices – hard drives and SSDs – as removable media in the Taskbar rather than as internal storage. The bug has also appeared in Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10.
Whether a drive is considered removable is determined by the system’s BIOS and how it labels the various SATA ports on the motherboard. A built-in driver (eng. inbox driver) inspects the SATA ports directly and devices that are attached and labeled as “external” are classified as removable. Not all storage drivers do this, which could cause corruption or data loss.
Users who encountered the issue are advised to update the BIOS to the latest version, which may resolve the issue. As a plan B, Microsoft has published a guide to override how the driver labels devices on certain ports.
Click here to see Microsoft’s instructions
Open a command prompt with administrator privileges.
In the command prompt return window, type the following command: devmgmt.msc
Under Disk Drives, identify the SATA drive you want the driver to use for internal. Right-click and select Properties.
Note the bus number from the property overview (“1” in the example below).
For Windows 7: In the command prompt opened earlier, type the following command and press Enter:
Where x corresponds to the bus number you wrote down in step 4.
For Windows 8 and later: In the command prompt opened earlier, type the following command and press Enter:
Where x corresponds to the bus number you wrote down in step 4.
Be very careful to enter the correct commands to avoid further problems.
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