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The user is asking how to identify their boot drive when their mechanical hard drive is set as the primary in BIOS, but they cannot confirm which drive Windows recognizes as the boot. Jimbo22 responds simply that the drive labeled as the C drive in Windows is the boot drive. Patcooke suggests checking in Windows Disk Management under Computer Management to see the status and labels of each drive for confirmation. The overall tone is technical, with straightforward advice provided to identify the boot drive.
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I have two hard drives: a SSD and a mechanical hard drive. I've set the mechanical as the boot drive in BiOS. However after starting the computer, I can't verify in Windows which drive is the boot drive . How can you tell?
 

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patcooke
Go to control panel, admin tools, computer management, storage, disk management. It will list the status of each of your drives.
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Which ever drive is labeled as the C drive is the boot drive.
 

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Go to control panel, admin tools, computer management, storage, disk management. It will list the status of each of your drives.
 

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