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    M17xR2 and Vertex 3

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by DanXbix, May 12, 2011.

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    after getting a faulty Vertex 2 i swapped it for a Vertex 3 120gb (ready for m18x upgrade)
    when i go into bios(A10) Drives show up as

    Sata Operation - AHCI
    Sata Hard Drive 1 - OCZ 120gb
    Sata Hard Drive 2 - Momentus XT 500gb (firmware DEM1 ??? dell accidentally gave me this drive with my other Momentus 500gb :p)

    When i go to install windows 7 and before install (SHIFT F10 to bring up cmd)
    i run diskpart - list disks and it always shows
    DISK 0 - Online - 465GB (HDD)
    DISK 1 - Online - 111GB (SSD)

    Shouldn't this be the other way around as it causes problems when mklink /J on "User" dir to HDD.

    If i take HDD out and run diskpart it show as DISK 0 (make it active and it boots to windows) soon as i put HDD back in it becomes DISK 1 again.

    OCZ is installed near battery and HDD next to the CPU (so right locations)

    driving me mad as i just want to move User dir to HDD.

    any help would be fantastic
     
    DanXbix, May 12, 2011
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