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SATA port numbers vs assignemnt of Disk numbers/
I have three SATA hard drives :
When I installed Win 7, only the main drive was connected... and it remains the only drive with active/system/boot partitions.
- Main system/boot drive , WD Caviar Black 1 TB, connected to the SATA 0 port
- A backup drive, identical WD Caviar Black 1 TB, connected to the SATA 1 port
- Another dirve, Hitachi 1 TB, connected to the SATA 2 port
QUESTION 1.
All three drives reporr correctly in the BIOS, and in the right order, but why is it that only one of the drive (the one on SATA port 1) has a "SATA:" prefix and the others have a "HDD:" prefix ?
QUESTION 2,
Why is it that the assignment of Disk #0, 1, 2 ( as seen in Disk Maanger or DiskPart) does not seem to have nay rhyme or reason?
I would have expected:
- the hardrive connected to SATA port O, to be assigned as Disk 0
- the hardrive connected to SATA port 1, to be assigned as Disk 1
- the hardrive connected to SATA port 2, to be assigned as Disk 2
but instead, I have:
- the hardrive connected to SATA port 2, is assigned as Disk 0
- the hardrive connected to SATA port 0, is assigned as Disk 1
- the hardrive connected to SATA port 1, is assigned as Disk 2
Just curious why that is.
I am assuming there is no way to chagne this. Its not something I would dream of reinstalling Windows 7 to correct ( even if it did correct it).