Windows 10: Changing Disk Enumeration Order for Windows Setup

Discus and support Changing Disk Enumeration Order for Windows Setup in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; This issue could be considered a Windows installation issue or a hardware issue (involving MB BIOS). I've done a LOT of work to setup all sorts of... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by hsehestedt, May 4, 2021.

  1. HSEHESTEDT
    hsehestedt Win User

    Changing Disk Enumeration Order for Windows Setup


    This issue could be considered a Windows installation issue or a hardware issue (involving MB BIOS). I've done a LOT of work to setup all sorts of Windows unattended installations. I also have a number of scrips used during the actual installation of Windows. All of this work uses the assumption that Windows will be installed to the first disk it enumerates (disk 0). However, I just built a brand new system for myself which currently has both multiple NVMe SSD drives and ye old fashioned spinning HDDs. Windows is installed on an NVMe SSD, however, with this MB the HDDs are enumerated before the NVMe drives. As a result, during setup, the OS drive is not disk 0 (it's disk 2 in my case). Is anyone aware a BIOS setting that can alter this behavior that would allow NVMe drives to be enumerated before SATA ports? NOTE: This is an ASUS Prime Z590-A MB. It's the first ASUS MB I've had in at least a dozen years. Maybe someone more familiar with typical modern ASUS UEFI firmware would have some thoughts on this. I could modify my unattended setup scripts and other scripts, it would simply be so much easier to maintain if everything was the same

    :)
     
    hsehestedt, May 4, 2021
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  2. GHOT
    Ghot Win User

    Changing Disk Enumeration Order for Windows Setup


    Maybe something in Device Manager?



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    Ghot, May 5, 2021
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  3. HSEHESTEDT
    hsehestedt Win User
    Changing Disk Enumeration Order for Windows Setup

    This issue could be considered a Windows installation issue or a hardware issue (involving MB BIOS).

    I've done a LOT of work to setup all sorts of Windows unattended installations. I also have a number of scrips used during the actual installation of Windows. All of this work uses the assumption that Windows will be installed to the first disk it enumerates (disk 0).

    However, I just built a brand new system for myself which currently has both multiple NVMe SSD drives and ye old fashioned spinning HDDs. Windows is installed on an NVMe SSD, however, with this MB the HDDs are enumerated before the NVMe drives. As a result, during setup, the OS drive is not disk 0 (it's disk 2 in my case).

    Is anyone aware a BIOS setting that can alter this behavior that would allow NVMe drives to be enumerated before SATA ports?

    NOTE: This is an ASUS Prime Z590-A MB. It's the first ASUS MB I've had in at least a dozen years. Maybe someone more familiar with typical modern ASUS UEFI firmware would have some thoughts on this.

    I could modify my unattended setup scripts and other scripts, it would simply be so much easier to maintain if everything was the same *Smile
     
    hsehestedt, May 5, 2021
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  4. SIW2
    SIW2 Win User

    Changing Disk Enumeration Order for Windows Setup

    Changing Disk Enumeration Order for Windows Setup

    I believe it is windows pnp enumeration, so not sure a bios setting will help.

    Maybe better to use a script that detects ssd. It doesn't specifically mention win10 and nvme, but I haven't seen any other documentation

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...d-359be0a6d546
     
    SIW2, May 5, 2021
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