M.2 PCIe drives may be in wrong slots


  1. Posts : 32
    Windows 10 Pro ver. 20H2 - 19042.1706
       #1

    M.2 PCIe drives may be in wrong slots


    Version: 10.0.18363 build 18363
    This is a very small issue, but because the boot disk is usually named “Disk 0” under the Disk Manager, I must pay extra attention to disk names when doing full-disk O/S backups. And since the contents of the cloned Backup disk are supposedly identical to that of the boot disk – how to tell which version is be used at start-up.

    When Sager built this notebook, they may have installed the O/S M.2 PCIe disk in the wrong slot. Then after receiving notebook, I installed a second (and identical) M.2 drive in the other M.2 PCIe slot. When I checked the Disk Mgr screen, the factory installed M.2 showed up labeled as “Disk 1” while the one I later installed was labeled “Disk 0” – which led me to believe that M.2 slots may be hard-wired to specific addresses known to the POST, registry, et al protocols -- so that the physical slot location determines the assignment of the disk number: 0,1,2,3………

    Since both M.2 drives are now populated, is there any risk of messing up the protocols (POST, Registry, BIOS, etc) by switching the M.2 drive slot positions? I fear that somehow upon factory initiation/activation, M.2 slot number “Disk-1” was designated to the system as the boot drive. So that maybe at start-up the system will boot from the clone Backup copy instead of the original boot disk, if I switch the drives slots.

    Caveat: I know just enough about the technical aspects of system to be dangerous. Anybody with knowledge of this disk assignments? Although I am comfortable leaving them as is, but more comfortable if the boot drive was Disk-0.
    See attachments for details.
    M.2 PCIe drives may be in wrong slots-disk-mgmt-after-cloning-1.jpg
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  2. Posts : 30,192
    Windows 11 Pro x64 Version 23H2
       #2

    There is no issue there. Your disk are just being presented in order they are detected. I would leave it alone.

    My lone M.2 is detected as Disk 3.

    M.2 PCIe drives may be in wrong slots-image.png
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  3. Posts : 5,048
    Windows 10/11 Pro x64, Various Linux Builds, Networking, Storage, Cybersecurity Specialty.
       #3

    @garuda -

    It's the way the Windows OS reports hardware storage devices. It can be confusing, so as Caledon Ken said above, it's best not to change anything.

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...isk-management

    FWIW.
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  4. Posts : 5,899
    Win 11 Pro (x64) 22H2
       #4

    Completely and utterly agree with Ken. No issue there. And for the record my NVME drive is now (did and OS reinstall) shown as disk 3. This has absolutely no effect on performance. None.
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  5. Posts : 32
    Windows 10 Pro ver. 20H2 - 19042.1706
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Thanks to all who have responded to this thread; I learn more and more each time I visit Forums here. But one last comment as to my concern to change drv# (which I will NOT do). Because I use Casper restore softw from FssDev.com to backup OS sys files on all my past computers.

    I'm careful not mix up the source drv# with the destination drv# when following the BKP dialogue in Casper. And to make it more sticky is that Casper dialog auto designates the "C" drv (OS) as disk#1 (not disk#0 which in all past computers using Win7 was always Disk 0 which was the OS and sys drv.

    So when my new Win 10 system labeled OS "C" as disk#1 instead of like all past systems as disk0, now I have to pay more attention to Casper dialog when doing BKPs. Not a big at all, but I too often get distracted with more multi-tasking and prone to make errors like swiping the "C" drv by accident. And this is why I briefly entertained to possibility of changing drv numbers -- just to make Casper backups more routine to old habits. It was more of a convenience than an issue. But thanks for all the comments! Mike
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  6. Posts : 465
    W11X64
       #6

    I used to pay attention to this factor as with Sata ports they are labelled 0,1,2,3,4,5 (on the motherboard) which is a set order they follow, they can be changed around by moving your drives to match a set order but not important unless you like things in order - I like my tinned food labels to face forward in the cupboard but not important, lol

    Here is my drive config in photo:

    M.2 PCIe drives may be in wrong slots-ports.jpg
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