Used Paragon Migrate OS To SSD (Success):Now Disk Management Confusion

Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast

  1. Posts : 9
    Win 7 Home Premium 64-Bit SP1
       #1

    Used Paragon Migrate OS To SSD (Success):Now Disk Management Confusion



    I migrated my Win 7 OS from my 'C' drive to a OCZ Vertex 4 256Gb SSD. No problems, everything works fine.

    But recently I was in 'Disk Management' and couldn't make sense of what I was seeing:my SSD was showing as drive 'H' with a capacity of 931Gb!

    Depending on which tool I use, I get slightly different reports (Belarc: Disk Management: CrystalDiskInfo)

    Anyone ever had similar confusion? and what did you do?

    Probably doesn't help that when I reuse old hard disks, I usually leave Windows on them.

    As I say, everything is working fine, but clearly there is some confusion around and I don't like that.

    I want my reporting software to give me accurate information.
      My Computer


  2. Posts : 1,711
    Win 7 Pro 64-bit 7601
       #2

    Can you post a screenshot of your Disk Management? Follow this tutorial

    Also, if you are booting from your SSD then it is the drive C.
    Maybe the drive H is the old hard drive?
      My Computer


  3. Posts : 9
    Win 7 Home Premium 64-Bit SP1
    Thread Starter
       #3

    OK here's my Disk Management screenshot.....

    Used Paragon Migrate OS To SSD (Success):Now Disk Management Confusion-diskman.jpg

    Seeing such a garbled picture in Disk Man, I'm not quite sure what to believe: can I believe the Volume names are correct?

    Here's a view taken with CrystalDiskInfo, which shows my OCZ as drive 'c'.....

    Used Paragon Migrate OS To SSD (Success):Now Disk Management Confusion-crystal.jpg
      My Computer


  4. Posts : 11,408
    ME/XP/Vista/Win7
       #4

    I would say, Disk 2 is the SSD,should be Disk 0.

    Also you have four ACTIVE Partitions one for each OS?
      My Computer


  5. Posts : 9
    Win 7 Home Premium 64-Bit SP1
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Umm, could be, but why has Disk Man got it wrong and not labeled it as OCZ Disc 0?

    Can I recover from this confusion? If I disconnect all drives apart from SSD Boot and reconnect them one by one, will the OS identify and renumber/rename/'reletter' them correctly do you think?

    As for multiple Active partitions, I've no idea whether that's a bad thing: May be unnecessary, but does it do any harm?

    I guess it stems from my bad practice of reusing old hard disks without reformatting them. Could that be having an effect on the confusion?
      My Computer


  6. Posts : 9
    Win 7 Home Premium 64-Bit SP1
    Thread Starter
       #6

    Should mention that I've been getting messages from BBC iPlayer, that, what it calls Disc 'C', is too small to accept further downloads.
    Last edited by billbruen; 06 Jun 2013 at 13:22. Reason: Increasing clarity
      My Computer


  7. Posts : 1,379
    Win7 Pro 32-bit, Win8 Pro 32-bit
       #7

    Reading your screen shot, it looks like you're STILL booting from the 240GB drive, not from the SSD. Plus, I would think either the 100MB partition or the OS partition on the SSD would need the boot flag.

    If it were me, I would disconnect all but the SSD and see if you can still boot. I suspect that will not work -- because of the lack of a boot flag.
      My Computer


  8. Posts : 9
    Win 7 Home Premium 64-Bit SP1
    Thread Starter
       #8

    OK this is everything disconnected, except for my 3 external drives....

    Disk 2 has become Disk 0 and tagged as 'Boot',, but not identified as OCZ Vertex......booted fine.....

    Curious isn't it?

    Used Paragon Migrate OS To SSD (Success):Now Disk Management Confusion-ssd-only.jpg
      My Computer


  9. Posts : 11,408
    ME/XP/Vista/Win7
       #9

    label C: OCZ Vertex, as you did with the HDD.
      My Computer


  10. Posts : 9
    Win 7 Home Premium 64-Bit SP1
    Thread Starter
       #10

    OK, this is the picture after some more playing around.

    I've marked the Active disks as Inactive and renamed the C drive as OCZ.......

    Used Paragon Migrate OS To SSD (Success):Now Disk Management Confusion-diskman2.jpg
      My Computer


 
Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast

  Related Discussions
Our Sites
Site Links
About Us
Windows 7 Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation. "Windows 7" and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

© Designer Media Ltd
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 09:11.
Find Us