X370 Taichi NVME Boot Drive and SATA HDD
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Topic: X370 Taichi NVME Boot Drive and SATA HDD
Posted By: Reinvented
Subject: X370 Taichi NVME Boot Drive and SATA HDD
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2017 at 3:43pm
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" rel="nofollow - Hi guys! So, I've had an X370 Taichi for a while, but I'm finally deciding to look for a solution to a problem I've been having. I have a Samsung 960 Evo drive that I've been using as my OS/Boot drive, and I also have a 1 TB SATA HDD from Western Digital. My problem that I have is that when I have my SATA HDD plugged in, it shows as Drive 0, instead of Drive 1. And also, when I install Windows, it shows this as well. It even adds some random system partition on the backup/storage drive as well. Is there a way around this? |
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Posted By: MisterJ
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2017 at 12:15am
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" rel="nofollow - Reinvented, I think not. I worked hard some time ago to fix this. It seems that Windows sets the disk number as it pleases. Sometime it was one way and another time another. Why do you need to know the disk number in advanced? I converted to use the volume name. Enjoy, John.
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Posted By: kerberos_20
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2017 at 2:57am
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well this gets setup when u install windows...boot drive gets 0 and windows sets that based on your sata cable port numbers and bios boot hdd priority tho u can fix that (if windows installed and is using incorrect boot drive) in bios by changing boot priority (it shouldnt boot if theres no boot record on that drive) but with usb stick/cd with windows u can repair boot drive |
Posted By: PetrolHead
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2017 at 3:05am
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Try keeping your other drive unplugged when installing Windows on the NVMe. ------------- Ryzen 5 1500X, ASRock AB350M Pro4, 2x8 GB G.Skill Trident Z 3466CL16, Sapphire Pulse RX Vega56 8G HBM2, Corsair RM550x, Samsung 960 EVO SSD (NVMe) 250GB, Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500 GB, Windows 10 64-bit |
Posted By: Reinvented
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2017 at 3:37am
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I did. And it showed as Drive 0 throughout install. Then, when I plugged it back in and SSD NVME shows as Drive 1, and HDD Storage shows as Drive 0. |
Posted By: Reinvented
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2017 at 3:38am
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My boot order is correct. However, an NVME does not have a SATA port. I even used the bottom ones for the SATA HDD, and it still gets considered as Drive 0. |
Posted By: PetrolHead
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2017 at 4:30am
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" rel="nofollow - This is a long shot, but are you using Samsung's own drivers for the NVMe and have you checked that the 960 Evo has the latest firmware installed? ------------- Ryzen 5 1500X, ASRock AB350M Pro4, 2x8 GB G.Skill Trident Z 3466CL16, Sapphire Pulse RX Vega56 8G HBM2, Corsair RM550x, Samsung 960 EVO SSD (NVMe) 250GB, Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500 GB, Windows 10 64-bit |
Posted By: Reinvented
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2017 at 1:56pm
Yes. In fact, I have a Firmware that they also pulled due to bugs. Hasn't really affected it at all. I'm just chopping it up to a Bios issue in how the drives are ordered or seen as ordered. |
PetrolHead wrote: