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Hello All,
I have an ASUS N550JK laptop that came with a single hard drive and a CD-ROM drive. I purchased a hard drive caddy so that I could install a second hard drive (an HGST Travelstar 7200 rpm). I also replaced the stock hard drive with a Samsung 830 solid state drive. Here is a picture of how I configured my laptop:
After I installed the 2nd HDD and replaced the original with the SSD I did a fresh installation of Windows 8.1 Pro. I just checked the disk configuration using the Windows Disk Management tool and noticed that the SSD (the one with the OS) is set as Disk 1 and the 2nd HDD (I use for data) is Disk 0. Here is a screenshot:
Does this mean that my primary (OS) disk is installed on the SATA port 1 and the other HDD is on port 0?
Does it matter that the OS disk is on a port that is "higher" than the data drive? If so, how can I change it (besides opening up the laptop and switching the physical drive locations)?
I remember back in the day when disk drives were configured as master/slave but I guess they don't do that anymore but the idea of a drive having priority over another I guess is just stuck in my head.
Thank you,
Jan
I have an ASUS N550JK laptop that came with a single hard drive and a CD-ROM drive. I purchased a hard drive caddy so that I could install a second hard drive (an HGST Travelstar 7200 rpm). I also replaced the stock hard drive with a Samsung 830 solid state drive. Here is a picture of how I configured my laptop:
After I installed the 2nd HDD and replaced the original with the SSD I did a fresh installation of Windows 8.1 Pro. I just checked the disk configuration using the Windows Disk Management tool and noticed that the SSD (the one with the OS) is set as Disk 1 and the 2nd HDD (I use for data) is Disk 0. Here is a screenshot:
Does this mean that my primary (OS) disk is installed on the SATA port 1 and the other HDD is on port 0?
Does it matter that the OS disk is on a port that is "higher" than the data drive? If so, how can I change it (besides opening up the laptop and switching the physical drive locations)?
I remember back in the day when disk drives were configured as master/slave but I guess they don't do that anymore but the idea of a drive having priority over another I guess is just stuck in my head.
Thank you,
Jan
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 Pro