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    HDD setup question

    Here's a puzzler for you:

    I have 3 drives in my system. All are 200GB. All are Seagate Barracuda's
    Only 2 of them are new SATA models (ST3200827AS), the other is a PATA (ST3200822A)

    I'm fairly sure my system isn't running anywhere near as fast as it should be, and I suspect it's because when I installed XP, it decided to make the PATA drive the system drive.

    How can I check which drive XP has installed itself on?
    Am probably being really dumb and missing something obvious, but I can't get my head round this one.

    Any ideas? Cheers guys

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    • chuckskull's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Gigabyte Z77-D3H
      • CPU:
      • 3570k @ 4.7 - H100i
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      • 32GB XMS3 1600mhz
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      • 256GB Samsung 850 Pro + 3TB Seagate
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    Right click any of the drives and select properties > hardware > now select a drive (they'll have model numbers) and click properties. Now click volumes and populate. It will will say which drive letter that physical drive is. Just carry on til you find C:\ or whichever windows is installed too.

    Not the easiest thing to find, but it's there.

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    Brilliant, answered my question in a one-er. Thanks a lot.

    Looks like C:\ is on a SATA drive after all. Oh well.

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