Why are there a bunch of removable devices?

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Why are there a bunch of removable devices?

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My buddy has a budget Gateway with XP. He has 2 disk drives, but only one is showing up under the My Computer thing. I'm pretty sure that can be fixed in the BIOS menu, but it's also showing 4 more removable device icons. Any idea why those extra icons are there? There aren't any flash drives plugged in or anything.
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Does it have a card reader built in? Card readers show up as a bunch of drives.
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Ah ha. How can I check that?
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Look at the front. In an OEM machine they'll usually be in a 3.5" bay these days, rather than a custom device on the facia.

Might be behind a flap or door on the front as well.
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That's it.

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Related question: Is there any way to disable the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon for a card reader?
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Executor32 wrote:Related question: Is there any way to disable the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon for a card reader?
No. It's there for a reason.
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I know why it's there, I just don't think it needs to be in this case since it's connected to one of the USB headers on my motherboard, and I don't plan on disconnecting it anytime soon. I thought of a workaround, though. I'll turn on the hide inactive icons option, and set this one to always be hidden and the ones I want to see to always be shown.
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It's not for the card reader itself, but rather for the cards you put into it, primarily.
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