Windows 10: Disk Management: Why does my second hard drive, SSD display as Disk 2 instead of Disk 1?

My 3 hard drives first appeared as the following,

Disk 0 = 6TB WD

Disk 1 = 2TB Samsung SSD

Disk 2 = 512GB Samsung M.2


I am on a mission for,

Disk 0 = 512GB Samsung M.2 C: Windows/Programs

Disk 1 = 2TB Samsung SSD D: Games

Disk 2 = 6TB WD E: Documents/Music/Pictures/Video


I recently, unplugged the sata cables from the 2TB Samsung SSD, the 6TB WD and reinstalled Windows 10 using the media creation tool, USB. After the Windows 10 installation, my 512 Samsung M.2 changed to Disk 0 in Disk Management. Which is great, that is what I wanted. Then, I shut down, plugged in the sata cable to my 2TB Samsung SSD, powered on and went to Disk Management. To my surprise, the 2TB Samsung SSD displayed as Disk 2. Why is this and why did it skip Disk 1? Meaning, I have no Disk 1, only Disk 0 and Disk 2. I don't even want to present my 6TB WD to Windows 10 until I get my 2TB Samsung SSD to display as Disk 1. Any replies such as, it doesn't matter or effect the performance on how the drives are numbered would be unhelpful. Also, the sata ports on the motherboard have nothing to do with how the disks are numbered in Disk Management. I am proof of this and it has been proven before. I assumed the disks are numbered in the order presented to Windows, which makes the most logical sense. Although, that doesn't seem to be the case either.



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M.2 SSD Drive With Windows 10 Listed as Disk 1 in Disk Management,

Hi, In my pc M.2 SSD with Windows 10 OS is listed as Disk 1 and not as Disk 0 in Disk Management. Also, the same drive is listed as Removable devices which is actually internal SSD.

Can anybody help me resolve this, please?

 

SSD not being shown in disk management

Western Digital got back to me and this solved my problem:

Thank you for your continued response.

Please perform the steps mentioned below to run Diskpart. Please note that following steps will erase all the data on the SSD including partitions and boot sector.

1. Open Command Prompt, Click on Start - Run - Type cmd and hit Enter.

2. Type diskpart, and then press ENTER to open the diskpart tool.

3. Type list disk, and then press ENTER. A list of available hard disks is displayed.

4. Type sel disk #number, and then press ENTER. Number is the number of the hard disk that you want to clean. The hard disk is now selected.

5. Type det disk, and then press ENTER. A list of partitions on the hard disk is displayed. Use this information to verify that the correct disk is selected.

6. Make sure that the disk does not contain required data, type clean all, and then press ENTER to clean the disk. All the partitions and all the data on the disk is permanently removed.

7. Type exit, and then press ENTER to close

 

switch disk numbers: I want Disk 0 to be Disk 1 and Disk 1 to be Disk 0

Hi, My computer contained a normal HDD hard drive. I recently upgraded to a SSD. The original HDD is Disk 0 and the new SSD is Disk 1. The windows OS is on Disk 1. I want to dual boot my system with Windows and Ubuntu with both OS being on the SSD. Since
the SSD is Disk 1 the Ubuntu install goes directly to Disk 0 because Disk 0 is first on the list. How can I switch the two Disks so my SSD drive is Disk 0? Thanks.