grimreaper1014
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Hi guys,
I have an ASRock z77 Extreme6 motherboard. I am trying to connect four hard drives, and partition and install Windows 8 x64. The drives I will be using are Samsung Evo 250gb, OCZ Vertex 4 128gb, OCZ Solid 3 60gb, and a Hitachi 750gb spinner. I would like to use the Samsung as the C:\ drive, Vertex 4 as the D:\ drive, Solid 3 as the E:\ drive, and the Hitachi as the F:\ drive. Well, at least have the drives in that order. So, I connected the Samsung and the Vertex 4 to the Intel SATA 3 ports which are the second set of grey SATA ports. Then, I have the OCZ Solid 3 and the Hitachi spinner connected to the first set of grey SATA 3 ports. When I went to install Windows 8 the partitions were listed in the fallowing order.
Hitachi spinner
OCZ Solid 3
OCZ Vertex 4
Samsung EVO
In the manual for the motherboard it says to make sure the boot drives are connected to the Intel SATA 3 ports. Which I did. I used the Samsung and the Vertex 4. I then went down to the Samsung and partitioned it in UEFI format. Next I partitioned the Vertex 4. Then, the Solid 3 and the Hitachi. I highlighted the Samsung drive and clicked install. Once in Windows the Samsung was my C:\ drive but the other drives where out of order. Therefore, I went into disk management and assigned the drives the drive letters I wanted them to have. Therefore, the drives are now in the order I wanted them in that I listed above. I find it pretty weird that if the Intel SATA 3 ports are suppose to be used for your boot devices why are they not the first SATA 3 ports on the motherboard? That way when you install the drives they will be in the correct order. What I am trying to figure out is did I handle this situation correctly? Will I run into any issues by doing this, and is this how I should of done it?
Thank you,
Rocky
I have an ASRock z77 Extreme6 motherboard. I am trying to connect four hard drives, and partition and install Windows 8 x64. The drives I will be using are Samsung Evo 250gb, OCZ Vertex 4 128gb, OCZ Solid 3 60gb, and a Hitachi 750gb spinner. I would like to use the Samsung as the C:\ drive, Vertex 4 as the D:\ drive, Solid 3 as the E:\ drive, and the Hitachi as the F:\ drive. Well, at least have the drives in that order. So, I connected the Samsung and the Vertex 4 to the Intel SATA 3 ports which are the second set of grey SATA ports. Then, I have the OCZ Solid 3 and the Hitachi spinner connected to the first set of grey SATA 3 ports. When I went to install Windows 8 the partitions were listed in the fallowing order.
Hitachi spinner
OCZ Solid 3
OCZ Vertex 4
Samsung EVO
In the manual for the motherboard it says to make sure the boot drives are connected to the Intel SATA 3 ports. Which I did. I used the Samsung and the Vertex 4. I then went down to the Samsung and partitioned it in UEFI format. Next I partitioned the Vertex 4. Then, the Solid 3 and the Hitachi. I highlighted the Samsung drive and clicked install. Once in Windows the Samsung was my C:\ drive but the other drives where out of order. Therefore, I went into disk management and assigned the drives the drive letters I wanted them to have. Therefore, the drives are now in the order I wanted them in that I listed above. I find it pretty weird that if the Intel SATA 3 ports are suppose to be used for your boot devices why are they not the first SATA 3 ports on the motherboard? That way when you install the drives they will be in the correct order. What I am trying to figure out is did I handle this situation correctly? Will I run into any issues by doing this, and is this how I should of done it?
Thank you,
Rocky
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 x64
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- I Built It
- CPU
- i7 3770k
- Motherboard
- ASRock z77 Extreme 6
- Memory
- Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- 2 Sapphire HD7970 OC w/Boost
- Sound Card
- Realtek ALC898 Onboard
- Monitor(s) Displays
- VS247H-P
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- OCZ Vertex 4 128GB, OCZ Solid 3 60GB, Hitachi SATAII 750GB
- PSU
- CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX850
- Case
- NZXT SWITCH 810 Black
- Cooling
- Swiftech H320 AIO Watercooling with 6 push/pull Swiftech Helix 120 PWM fans 7 NZXT FN-140 Case Fans
- Keyboard
- Logitech G105 Gaming Keyboard
- Mouse
- Logitech G9X Laser Mouse
- Internet Speed
- Comcast 50mb/10mb
- Browser
- Palemoon x64
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender/Windows Firewall