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[greenbrucelee]

i have just built a new system and will be installing windows 10. I have 3 drives 1 m.2, 1ssd and 1 platter. is it still the same procedure to only have the drive youu want to install on connected or can you just choose?

 

ps all drives are new.

Edited June 3, 2018 by greenbrucelee

[G27Racer_188]

16 minutes ago, greenbrucelee said:

i have just built a new system and will be installing windows 10. I have 3 drives 1 m.2, 1ssd and 1 platter. is it still the same procedure to only have the drive youu want to install on connected or can you just choose?

 

ps all drives are new.

You can have all drives connected, and choose to which one you want to install the OS.

But I would leave just the one you want to install on, to stop the windows from deciding to be stupid and putting boot files on other drives.

[greenbrucelee]

ok will do heers.

[GoodBytes]

Yea, because Windows won't be installed, the nice drive letter concept doesn't exists. So the easiest way to identify a drive in your configuration, is by drive size. That you'll know in Windows setup. So you can pick the correct drive and install.

 

But the easiest way, and ensure that no data is put to the other drive if the motherboard doesn't treat your M.2 as the first drive, is to unplug all the other drive, and plug them back in once Windows is fully installed.