which is the "C" drive?

On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:13:18 -0500, Joel <Joel@NoSpam.com> wrote:

>Geoff Cox <gcox@freeuk.notcom> wrote:
>
><snip>
>> I would seem osensible to assume that Drive 0 is the physical drive
>> connected to the SATA 0 socket etc but I am not clear how I can be
>> certain of this?
>
> *Unless* you find that all of the advices/answers given to you by others
>are invalid, I can say that your same technique (I snip it) just won't lead
>you to Rome.
>
> And if you trust and follow one of our answers then you should have the
>problem solved in the first day if not within few minutes on the first try.


Joel,

I probably did seem to be going round in circles for a while!

Cheers

Geoff

Geoff Cox <gcox@freeuk.notcom> wrote:

> On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:13:18 -0500, Joel <Joel@NoSpam.com> wrote:
>
> >Geoff Cox <gcox@freeuk.notcom> wrote:
> >
> ><snip>
> >> I would seem osensible to assume that Drive 0 is the physical drive
> >> connected to the SATA 0 socket etc but I am not clear how I can be
> >> certain of this?
> >
> > *Unless* you find that all of the advices/answers given to you by others
> >are invalid, I can say that your same technique (I snip it) just won't lead
> >you to Rome.
> >
> > And if you trust and follow one of our answers then you should have the
> >problem solved in the first day if not within few minutes on the first try.
>
>
> Joel,
>
> I probably did seem to be going round in circles for a while!

It's fine and normal to go around in circle, but the problem that you ask
but won't use the answer. You see most people won't reponse to your
question because they don't think you care about their answer.

> Cheers
>
> Geoff

On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:53:53 +0100, Geoff Cox
<gcox@freeuk.notcom> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I have a PC with 2 SATA hard disks in it (logical C and D drives) and
>wish to replace the "C" drive with a new hard disk.
>
>How do I know which is the "C" drive in the case?
>
>I once before got the wrong and the PC tried to boot off the "D" drive
>which then made the files on this disk inaccessible.
>
>Thanks
>
>Geoff

Maybe it's been mentioned, but what SATA controller do you
have, does it support hot-plug?

What if you just boot windows and unplug the SATA connector
from one to see what happens? If the OS still runs and
pagefile/etc is on same drive, either the other volume
disappears or ?

I just can't believe this thread has gone on so long, surely
you can just unplug one drive and try booting the other if
nothing else is as expedient? Perhaps you gave some reason
not to, but isn't that the shortest path to the goal? If
you unplug the drive that is not holding OS, the OS drive
should still boot. If you unplug the drive that isn't
holding OS, obviously it won't boot.

I can't say what your prior problem was, but simply having a
system try to boot off the "D" drive should not make the
files inaccessible. If the "C" is unplugged then you have
no chance of that OS installation being changed.

kony <spam@spam.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:53:53 +0100, Geoff Cox
> <gcox@freeuk.notcom> wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >
> >I have a PC with 2 SATA hard disks in it (logical C and D drives) and
> >wish to replace the "C" drive with a new hard disk.
> >
> >How do I know which is the "C" drive in the case?
> >
> >I once before got the wrong and the PC tried to boot off the "D" drive
> >which then made the files on this disk inaccessible.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Geoff
>
> Maybe it's been mentioned, but what SATA controller do you
> have, does it support hot-plug?
>
> What if you just boot windows and unplug the SATA connector
> from one to see what happens? If the OS still runs and
> pagefile/etc is on same drive, either the other volume
> disappears or ?
>
> I just can't believe this thread has gone on so long, surely
> you can just unplug one drive and try booting the other if
> nothing else is as expedient? Perhaps you gave some reason
> not to, but isn't that the shortest path to the goal? If
> you unplug the drive that is not holding OS, the OS drive
> should still boot. If you unplug the drive that isn't
> holding OS, obviously it won't boot.
>
> I can't say what your prior problem was, but simply having a
> system try to boot off the "D" drive should not make the
> files inaccessible. If the "C" is unplugged then you have
> no chance of that OS installation being changed.

I didn't mention about booting from drive D:, but I (and I believe most
others do to) do agree with you that booting from other drive other than C:
shouldn't cause no problem. Because Windows depends on the Registry, INI
(configuration) not the drive as it shouldn't make no difference.