I have my motherboard set to use devices as AHCI, and all my SATA drives show up under the Safely Remove icon in Windows 10. Since I rarely need to remove the boot SSD while I'm actively using the computer, I don't want to see it or any of the other internal drives in that… Read more →
I've installed Arch and Linux Mint "bare-metal" on my main PC, which I built in 2011 and have upgraded a bit since. I also have them both installed on my 2012 VAIO laptop, which I've just bumped to 8GB RAM and tossed in an SSD. Rundown of my hardware monitors (nVidia), sound (Audigy DG), Steam… Read more →
Regedit Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\storahci\Parameters\Device Add a new Multi String Value called TreatAsInternalPort set the value (I have 8 internal drives, so 0-7): 0 1 2 4 5 6 7 (note the newlines after each number, including the last one) http://superuser.com/questions/12955/how-can-i-remove-the-option-to-eject-sata-drives-from-the-windows-7-tray-icon/961242#961242 Read more →
In the past I've tried out Arch (and Gentoo) and deemed them to be an amazing learning experience but too cumbersome for daily use. I stumbled across Architect Linux recently and it basically provides a step-by-step installation for Arch so you can get up and running and start tweaking. Select as many or few WMs/DEs… Read more →
Anymore when it comes to Linux distros I prefer a Debian/Ubuntu base and the MATE (maté) Desktop Environment (again, my desktop Linux distro of choice is Linux Mint MATE edition). Just give me APT + MATE + Firefox, please. Earlier this year I jumped at the chance to try the official MATE spin of Ubuntu… Read more →