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Show Volume name in SRH
The function 'Safely remove Hardware and eject Media' (SRH) normally displays the volume name just below the corresponding disk name.
In this case, 2 external disks connected via eSATA to a specific controller show their disk name (friendly name) like under 'Disk drives' in the device manager, but the disks do NOT show their volume names.
I have found that klicking the SRH-function triggers the DeviceDisplayStatusManager.exe and its .dll (DDSM) which then reads the content of a disk to be displayed in the SRH panel.
this of course is convenient to ensure the anticipated selection of the drive (volume) to be removed.
Back to the case mentioned, the DDSM shows 2 drives with the same name but without volume specific information.
It is impossible to know which one of the 2 disks is the one anticipated to be removed. (Naturally one selects the wrong disk).
Hence the question is: What can I do so that the volume names are listed for those 2 drives as well? I'd assume there is a parameter in the registry that enables the DDSM to retrieve the volume information for each disk per specific port.
Does anyone know the registry key that enables the SRH-function to read & display the volume name for each disk?
The controller is a Marvell9128 in AHCI mode*. Connected to it are 2x SATA disks Western Digital WD1002FAEX via a SATA Hot Swap HDD Rack Kit (Lian-Li EX-H34)
The problem described only applies for that specific controller, other disks and volumes are displayed correctly.
* a PEXSAT32-2-Port-SATA-6-Gbps-PCI-Express-SATA-Controller-Card
from startech.com
Suggestions and advices are appreciated,
thanks.