thefinalprophecy Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 So I changed my BIOS hard drive setting to ACHI and all of a sudden my desktop icons changed from the grey-disk image to the orange external image. Why it this? Also, is there a way to get a custom icon? I'd like to make my Windows drive have a Windows-looking icon. Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/83727-desktop-drive-icons-changed/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.3.X Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 Is not ACPI, is AHCI. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/83727-desktop-drive-icons-changed/#findComment-594654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefinalprophecy Posted January 26, 2008 Author Share Posted January 26, 2008 My bad, I always got those two acronyms confused. Any idea how to fix this though? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/83727-desktop-drive-icons-changed/#findComment-594655 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua-mac Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 I used Candybar to correct the removable drive icon to the std icon. You can find windows HDD icons around, if you Google, try here for a good selection. Here are a couple of nice HDD Icons! HDD_Icons.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/83727-desktop-drive-icons-changed/#findComment-595134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 thats not actually a fix, all you're doing is updating the icon, they are still 'removable' drives. there are 2 things you can do to really fix this. 1: set your SATA BIOS options to be in 'IDE' mode. 2: find the patched AHCI kext that will set them as non-removable. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/83727-desktop-drive-icons-changed/#findComment-595227 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefinalprophecy Posted January 26, 2008 Author Share Posted January 26, 2008 Alright, I changed my Leopard volume to the internal disk icon (thanks) but some reason neither of my NTFS volumes show up in CandyBar. Do they show up for you? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/83727-desktop-drive-icons-changed/#findComment-595303 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua-mac Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 Hi sg, Actually, you are right, it is not a fix as in Leo the AHCI drives are seen as e-sata. However, I find it really useful being able to add and eject drives on the e-sata back plate of my computer. There is no other speed disadvantage other than the icon showing as removable drives but all the advantages of ejectable drives. thefinalprophecy, On the other hand, you can set the bios to IDE mode, but you will lose speed as AHCI gives faster access times. I do not have any NTFS drives on my computer, what icon do they show up as. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/83727-desktop-drive-icons-changed/#findComment-595497 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefinalprophecy Posted January 26, 2008 Author Share Posted January 26, 2008 Hi sg, Actually, you are right, it is not a fix as in Leo the AHCI drives are seen as e-sata. However, I find it really useful being able to add and eject drives on the e-sata back plate of my computer. There is no other speed disadvantage other than the icon showing as removable drives but all the advantages of ejectable drives. thefinalprophecy, On the other hand, you can set the bios to IDE mode, but you will lose speed as AHCI gives faster access times. I do not have any NTFS drives on my computer, what icon do they show up as. they show up the same as the other internal sata drives that are being recognized as e-sata. if you look at my original screenshot at the top, the one labeled "Untitled" is my Windows partition on an internal sata drive. Neither my internal windows NTFS drive, nor my external NTFS My Book drive show up in CandyBar for some reason. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/83727-desktop-drive-icons-changed/#findComment-595603 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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