b450 Fatality itx HDD setup question

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   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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niceguy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 28 Dec 2020 Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote niceguy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: b450 Fatality itx HDD setup question 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

niceguy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 28 Dec 2020 Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote niceguy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply 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.