Disconnect non OS drives (C:) during installation.

AddRAM said:

Matt, you might be able to do it in Disk Management, if you right click on "Online" the drop down has "Offline" listed.

No Idea what it will do.

It may only work when your in the OS. I suspect they would need to disconnected from the BIOS when using installation media.

BTW if you have ever have an external drive that won't eject set it offline in Disk Management like that and then try to eject it. Also apparently disk ejecting with version 2004 is no longer a thing... Need to read more about it.

Kol12 said:

If there was a safe way to do it with software and someone had did it successfully that is what I am wanting to know. But you are probably right, pulling the plug is fail safe.

I'm one of those people that always take the hardware option, rather than trust a software option... if possible.
The way Windows 10 is built, MS can pretty much do anything they want to any part of Windows 10.

In the case of a Windows install, I not only disconnect the other drives, I also disconnect the internet.

Ya so much better to take the time and be safe rather than sorry

Ghot said:

I'm one of those people that always take the hardware option, rather than trust a software option... if possible.
The way Windows 10 is built, MS can pretty much do anything they want to any part of Windows 10.

In the case of a Windows install, I not only disconnect the other drives, I also disconnect the internet.

Why do you disconnect the internet? To avoid downloading the updates and make the installation quicker??

AddRAM said:

Ya so much better to take the time and be safe rather than sorry

My case must weigh about 30-40kg. I have to unplug all the back cables and lift it off the desk just to get to the drive plugs. It's freaking heavy. It's position in the corner off the room against the wall is inconvenient for any work that needs doing back there. I could pull the SATA plugs from the motherboard instead but guess what? My watercooled GPU sits smack over the top of the SATA plugs. It's impossible to fit even a finger in there.

Kol12 said:

Why do you disconnect the internet? To avoid downloading the updates and make the installation quicker??

With the internet unhooked, you can skip and decline a lot of things during the install. Things I LIKE to skip and decline, other may not. Most important IMO, is the ability to install the drivers for the motherboard and vid card... manually from the manufacturer's website.

I make sure to have those drivers downloaded and saved to say... a USB stick, before I do the clean install of Windows 10.

Matt if you pull the Sata cables you could screw everything up unless you have them labeled sata port 1 etc.

I unplugged my ethernet cable when I installed 2004 on a spare 850 Pro the other day, the install did go faster.

Megahertz said:

I don't think you can do with any software under windows as during installation it shows you partitions, not volumes.
I haven't try but maybe you can disable the SATA port on BIOS.

I would imagine that's possible, but for a lot of folk, that may be even more complicated.
I have a huge full tower, easy to get at all the cables, so I just unhook everything but the drive I'm installing on.

Same here, I just pop the side off and pull the power cables, but Matt says his are hard to get to.