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Windows 7 computer: Can I exchange the SATA cables of two drives without needing to re-install Windows? this computer only runs windows 7.
what's happening is that i have some backup software that has a bug. the bug is that it gets confused about two identical drives and sometimes backs up the wrong drive. it seems to "prefer" Disk 0 as listed in the "Volumes" page in the device properties dialog. my thought is that although the backup software's developers are looking into this problem, i may be able to make this problem go away by making the boot drive to be the first disk device.
Clarification: my thought is to unplug both drives and connect drive C where D was connected and D where C was connected. i really, really don't want to "break" windows.
any thoughts?
thank you!
SATAs Cables have no influence on the Data. Check on your disk if you have some "pins", if yes, check who is master and who is slave. In all cases, you can "force" the boot device in the BIOS. – bZezzz – 2012-01-13T19:16:35.210
but may it influence the drive's "address" used by windows. i'll clarify my question. – X-Ray – 2012-01-13T19:18:56.780
If you have only One OS installed on ONE HDD, you can mark the other as "non-active". – bZezzz – 2012-01-13T19:22:24.140
Why do you have Windows installed on the second disk(1) instead of the primary( 0 ). If both drives are identical what you describe will do nothing. Use a program like Clonzilla to clone your current drive onto the secondary drive. You do a horrible job of explaining the problem. – Ramhound – 2012-01-13T19:29:04.283
@bZezzz as in make it offline? – X-Ray – 2012-01-13T19:37:08.943
@Ramhound windows is installed on the 2nd disk by because when i put in the 2nd drive (a backup), it somehow was drive 0 and later when i installed windows, i had to leave the backup alone. sorry if i explain it poorly! – X-Ray – 2012-01-13T19:40:16.430
No, just, non bootable – bZezzz – 2012-01-13T19:43:13.373
2@bZezzz, SATA devices don't have "master" or "slave" modes. – user1686 – 2012-01-13T20:06:16.887