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How to change the disk number in Windows 10

JeanVal -  
binfo Posted messages 9 Status Member -
Bonjour,
To follow up on a previous post, I am running Windows 10 on an ASUS N550JK laptop. I recently cloned my hard drive onto an SSD, and the operation went well.

My SSD - C is connected to a SATA 3 port; I also moved my old hard drive to the DVD slot. I had also updated the unique ID of the hard drive to resolve a signature collision issue between the two drives.

The only concern I have, even though it doesn't seem to disrupt my PC's operation, is that my SSD - C has been assigned disk number 1, while the hard drive retained number 0 (I am referring to the number, not the letter).

When I use the Diskpart tool, I get the following

DISKPART> list disk

Disk No. Status Size Free Dyn GPT
--------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---
Disk 0 Online 931 GB 0 bytes <<<< Old hard drive
Disk 1 Online 465 GB 0 bytes <<<< SSD - C
Disk 2 Online 14 GB 0 bytes

Question: How can I change the disk number to set the SSD - C as disk 0 and the old hard drive as disk 1?
Thank you,
Jean

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  1.
    phil2k Posted messages 10841 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   2 339
     
    Hello

    I don't think it's possible without changing the location.
    It's related to the physical position.
    How does it bother you? Leave it as it is..

    Still post a screenshot of the disk manager window, with the window open wide
    start, run, diskmgmt.msg

    --
    There are 3 kinds of people: those who can count and those who can't.
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    1. JeanVal
       
      Hello,
      I have posted a screenshot of the disk manager at 

      http://glidys.free.fr/disk.gif


      Note that the SSD is indeed located in slot 0 where the hard drive initially was, even though it is seen as disk 1 in the manager.
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    2. phil2k Posted messages 10841 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   2 339
       
      And in the BIOS, is there a menu: hard disk order?
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    3. binfo Posted messages 9 Status Member
       
      Good evening,
      I think I will follow your advice and leave it as is :-)

      Indeed, I entered the BIOS but it behaves abnormally; it is extremely slow to switch from one menu to another (20 seconds), the "Save & Exit" doesn't allow me to exit the BIOS, maybe there is an interrupt conflict...

      I checked the SSD priority in the Boot section, the SSD is indeed set as priority 0, and I also loaded the default settings.

      I tried updating the BIOS with the latest version, but although it validated the integrity of the BIOS file to flash, the update did not start...

      I removed the second disk and the PC starts fine with the SSD as unit 0, but as soon as I put the hard drive back, it switches to unit 0 and the SSD to disk 1

      For now, I will reassemble everything and try to understand the behavior of the BIOS and see on the forums if other users have encountered the same issue

      Of course, I am open to any advice.
      Have a good evening.
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