Getting a hard drive icon off the desktop

[Dave M G]

Ubuntu Users,

    I can find all sorts of options and help for desktop backgrounds, 
themes, icons... but I can't find this one specific adjustment.

    On my desktop is an icon for my second hard drive, called "hda1", 
sitting in the top left corner. I don't want it there. It's a permanent 
hard drive, which I can access by going to Places | Hda1, which is good 
enough for me.

    I like it when DVDs/CDs appear as icons on my desktop when I insert 
them into a drive. And I like my SD memory cards coming up as icons. 
Basically, anything that's a removable or temporary drive I like to have 
an icon on my desktop.

    The hda1 drive is a permanent fixture, and well... for whatever 
reason, it kind of bugs me having it there.

    But I can't find any way of not having it there. Surely there's a 
way...?

    Any advice or help would be much appreciated.

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Dave M G