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Safely disable internal drive (non-boot)
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<blockquote data-quote="plat" data-source="post: 883537" data-attributes="member: 74969"><p>There are portable SSDs so one doesn't have to open up any cases. Of course it doesn't cost anything if you can safely disable a pre-existing drive. But the convenience and better security due to that convenience might be worth it. This link is for info only. <a href="https://www.crucial.com/products/ssd/x8-portable-ssd" target="_blank">Crucial</a> also makes these and they may be much less expensive than Samsung. It seems there are portable HDDs also, which are cheaper still. Just an idea.....</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.techpowerup.com/267381/samsung-t7-portable-ssd-is-now-available-for-purchase" target="_blank">Link</a></p><p></p><p>Edit: I've never tried this so it's more thinking out loud. If you go into Device Manager (in desktop mode, regular mode), expand on Disk drives and look for your storage device, are you able to right-click on that and select "Disable device" from the context menu? Is that more like what you're looking for? Again, not sure about this one. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite132" alt=":unsure:" title="Unsure :unsure:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":unsure:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="plat, post: 883537, member: 74969"] There are portable SSDs so one doesn't have to open up any cases. Of course it doesn't cost anything if you can safely disable a pre-existing drive. But the convenience and better security due to that convenience might be worth it. This link is for info only. [URL='https://www.crucial.com/products/ssd/x8-portable-ssd']Crucial[/URL] also makes these and they may be much less expensive than Samsung. It seems there are portable HDDs also, which are cheaper still. Just an idea..... [URL='https://www.techpowerup.com/267381/samsung-t7-portable-ssd-is-now-available-for-purchase']Link[/URL] Edit: I've never tried this so it's more thinking out loud. If you go into Device Manager (in desktop mode, regular mode), expand on Disk drives and look for your storage device, are you able to right-click on that and select "Disable device" from the context menu? Is that more like what you're looking for? Again, not sure about this one. :unsure: [/QUOTE]
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