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Boot Drive Not Drive Zero - Problem?
I just rebuilt my computer with Windows 7 Pro (32 bit) and I have a concern about the numbering of my hard drives. The motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P which has six ports controlled by the ICH10R controller (S1 through S6) and a pair through the Gigabyte SATA2 controller (GS0 and GS1). I have my SSD primary drive connected to GS0, and this has resulted in it being numbered as Drive #4 instead of #0. Data drives 0 through 4 and the DVD drive are connected to the S1 through S5 ports.
I've always thought that the primary (boot) drive needed to be #0. Is this likely to cause a problem? The system seems to work fine.
Also, one of my storage drives (data only) ended up as a primary drive instead of a logical drive. Is this likely to affect its use in any way?