https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:43:30 +0000 Wed, 30 Dec 2020 07:56:49 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=17619 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=17619&PID=82609&title=b450-fatality-itx-hdd-setup-question#82609 Author: niceguy
Subject: 17619
Posted: 30 Dec 2020 at 7:56am

Update: For any that come upon this thread in the future I was able to get it resolved.

I haven't built a computer in nearly 10 years so it took an evening of research.

I unplugged the SATA SSD that I had unintentionally installed Win10 on and restarted the computer with the Win10 USB install stick and got Windows installed on the NVME drive.

I didn't want 2 Windows boot drives but I couldn't get Disk Management to format the SATA SSD drive or remove the partitions after multiple attempts. Perhaps I wasn't doing things in the proper sequence- I don't use Windows 10 for much (on my laptop) other than basic usage so I'm not very familiar with it, though I studied the MS-DOS manuals as a child lol.

Anyway, I ended up using Diskpart to 'clean' the drive, went back to Disk Management and selected New Simple Volume to allow windows to find the D: drive to use as storage and back in business after some trial and error.

I'm guessing the UEFI still lists/sees? both drives as Boot drives (Both are listed as 'Windows Boot Manager') but I do have the NVME drive as Boot Option #1.

The computer is small, quick and quiet so I'm happy with it.
]]> Wed, 30 Dec 2020 07:56:49 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=17619&PID=82609&title=b450-fatality-itx-hdd-setup-question#82609 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=17619&PID=82531&title=b450-fatality-itx-hdd-setup-question#82531 Author: niceguy
Subject: 17619
Posted: 28 Dec 2020 at 10:29am

Hi guys, sorry for the noobish question but I haven't built a desktop since 2009 (old OC'd intel e7500).

I just installed a samsung 970 nvme SSD and a samsung 860 evo SSD and installed a new copy of Windows 10 Home from the Microsoft USB stick.

Everything went perfectly smooth (shockingly)but I selected the wrong drive to install windows onto. I wanted the OS on the NVME drive.

But when the Windows install screen popped up asking which drive to use (drive 0 or drive 1) and after searching the manual and trying to search the internet, I couldn't find any specific info.

So I took a chance that the NVME slot would be drive 0 for the OS install but I was wrong. Windows was installed on the 860 EVO SATA SSD, which is connected to the SATA 3_1 spot.

It didn't help that both drives are identical sizes, and I probably should have removed the SATA drive to eliminate the issue I now have.

So 2 basic questions:

1. With 2 available drives, does Windows install by default to Drive 0?
2. How would I have found out this information without having to ask a forum haha? I looked through the ASRock manual several times but did not see any notes about the drive slot order (NVME and Sata 1-4)

I could leave the OS on the SATA drive so that I don't have to format it and reinstall windows all over again, but not sure I care to.

Thanks for any input you have!

Jeremy
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