How to ID which partition is on which drive

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took a screen shot of disk management:



which drive does the partitian (I) belong to ?
it cant be (j) because i deleted that drive and reformated it.

PS: boot files are on the (I) partitian.

i asked in windows forum but got ignored as usual.
 
I: and J: are on the same drive - 'Disk 0'

If you wanted the (what I assume is the Windows 7) 'System Reserved' partition on the same drive as C:, you probably should have swapped Disk 0's SATA port with that of Disk 1 when you installed Windows..
 
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Disk 0, 1, 2 will normally be the same as the ports on your motherboard if they're all on the same controller... follow the cable to work out which of your two 1TB drives it is.
 
bradders2000 said:
I: and J: are on the same drive - 'Disk 0'

If you wanted the (what I assume is the Windows 7) 'System Reserved' partition on the same drive as C:, you probably should have swapped Disk 0's SATA port with that of Disk 1 when you installed Windows..
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the computer was built for me.
all my programs are installing and running fine.
so is it safe my boot files are on another drive, arguably safer?
also why didnt (i) partition get deleted when i deleted the (J) drive?

cheers. :)
 
Well, I think it's neater (and more logical!) if they're on the same drive but I guess it doesn't really matter.

Just don't forget you've got things on both drives. If you wipe Disk 0, your machine won't boot - even though the OS is on Disk 1 :)

I don't know why it didn't get deleted, I guess you didn't do it properly - which is a good thing!
 
bradders2000 said:
Well, I think it's neater (and more logical!) if they're on the same drive but I guess it doesn't really matter.

Just don't forget you've got things on both drives. If you wipe Disk 0, your machine won't boot - even though the OS is on Disk 1 :)

I don't know why it didn't get deleted, I guess you didn't do it properly - which is a good thing!
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if the boot files had deleted could i have inserted my windows 7 dvd and done a repair at reboot. would windows know the boot files where missing and automaticaly install them?
 
its possible the boot repair would work for you and fix it if you take Drive 0 out. I tend to use Minitool Partition Wizard whenever trying to move windows about between disks..
 
That's what happens when more than 1 drive is connected when Windows is installed.

If you want the "System Reserved" partition on the same drive as the Windows installation then Windows needs to be installed with just the 1 drive connected and then connect any other drives afterwards.

How the OP's partitions are now is messy but it works.

However if you removed Disk 0 from the system then Windows wouldn't start even though it's installed on Disk 1.
 
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That's what happens when more than 1 drive is connected when Windows is installed.

If you want the "System Reserved" partition on the same drive as the Windows installation then Windows needs to be installed with just the 1 drive connected and then connect any other drives afterwards.

How the OP's partitions are now is messy but it works.

However if you removed Disk 0 from the system then Windows wouldn't start even though it's installed on Disk 1.
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so "if" i dissconnected drive 0 then switched pc on with windows 7 disk in i could run a repair then windows would create the boot files on disk1 where the operating is installed?

noob question. how do i know what drive 0 is on my motherboard? are they color coded? lol

Motherboard ASUS® P8H67-M LX SI (NEW REV 3.0): M-ATX, USB 2.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s, 2 x PCI

1st Hard Disk 500GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD5002AALX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200rpm) <---- windows 7

2nd Hard Disk (with current boot files on)
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
 
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