b450 Fatality itx HDD setup question
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Topic: b450 Fatality itx HDD setup question
Posted By: niceguy
Subject: b450 Fatality itx HDD setup question
Date 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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Posted By: niceguy
Date 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.
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