Once you remove the battery any previous settings will be lost. If you didn't make any changes then that should be no problem. Taking pictures of the...
Drive numbers are assigned by BIOS depending on the SATA port they are attached. You can see them on Disk Manager (C:\Windows\System32\diskmgmt.msc)...
For my part, I've started seeing varying results.
Sometimes I shut down the computer completely for a few days and then find that it has been losing...