Thanks CountMike. The installed SSD obviously has a C drive partition and the old HDD had a C drive. When I connect the HDD to the PC (Windows 7) would the C drive letter on this old drive change automatically by Windows to avoid having 2 C drives attached? Not sure.
Thanks CountMike. The installed SSD obviously has a C drive partition and the old HDD had a C drive. When I connect the HDD to the PC (Windows 7) would the C drive letter on this old drive change automatically by Windows to avoid having 2 C drives attached? Not sure.
Yes, absolutely. The C: drive will always be the one the OS is running from, the attached 'formerly known as C:' drive will get another letter assigned to it.
1366x768 native resolution, up to 2560x1440 with Radeon Virtual Super Resolution
Hard Drives
1TB Samsung EVO 870 SSD
Internet Speed
50 Mbps
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Edge, Firefox
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Defender
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fully 'Windows 11 ready' laptop. Windows 10 C: partition migrated from my old unsupported 'main machine' then upgraded to 11. A test migration ran Insider builds for 2 months. When 11 was released on 5th October 2021 it was re-imaged back to 10 and was offered the upgrade in Windows Update on 20th October. Windows Update offered the 22H2 Feature Update on 20th September 2022. It got the 23H2 Feature Update on 4th November 2023 through Windows Update, and 24H2 on 3rd October 2024 through Windows Update by setting the Target Release Version for 24H2.
My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro (and all my Hyper-V VMs).
My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 8GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro RTM and Insider Dev, Beta, and RP 24H2 as native boot vhdx.
My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 8GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus the Insider Beta, Dev, Canary, and Release Preview builds as a native boot .vhdx.
Operating System
Windows 11 Pro
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Laptop
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Dell Latitude E4310
CPU
Intel® Core™ i5-520M
Motherboard
0T6M8G
Memory
8GB
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(integrated graphics) Intel HD Graphics
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1366x768
Hard Drives
500GB Crucial MX500 SSD
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Firefox, Edge
Antivirus
Defender
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unsupported machine: Legacy bios, MBR, TPM 1.2, upgraded from W10 to W11 using W10/W11 hybrid install media workaround. In-place upgrade to 22H2 using ISO and a workaround. Feature Update to 23H2 by manually installing the Enablement Package. In-place upgrade to 24H2 using hybrid 23H2/24H2 install media. Also running Insider Beta, Dev, and Canary builds as a native boot .vhdx.
My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro (and all my Hyper-V VMs).
My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 8GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro RTM and Insider Dev, Beta, and RP 24H2 as native boot vhdx.
My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 8GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus the Insider Beta, Dev, Canary, and Release Preview builds as a native boot .vhdx.
Realtek High Definition Audio; Intel® Smart Sound Technology for Bluetooth® Audio; Intel® Smart Sound Technology for USB Audio Intel® Smart Sound Technology for Digital Microphones
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as outfitted
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1920 x 1200 (as recommended)
Hard Drives
one SSD 1TB
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N/A
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as outfitted
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800MB/sec up & down
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Chrome
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Malwarebytes
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Device name REC-840
Processor 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1360P 2.20 GHz
Installed RAM 32.0 GB (31.6 GB usable)
Product ID 00355-61334-62672-AAOEM
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch Touch support with 10 touch points
Thanks CountMike. The installed SSD obviously has a C drive partition and the old HDD had a C drive. When I connect the HDD to the PC (Windows 7) would the C drive letter on this old drive change automatically by Windows to avoid having 2 C drives attached? Not sure.
Letter doesn't stay with a drive or partition but one you run Windows of, main partition is always C. Other letters (D, E, F G....) are assigned to any other disk or partition no matter which letter was somewhere else or even in same PC. Name you give it, on the other hand, stays in file system wherever it's recognized, even in Linux or other OS. That's why it's handy to name it.
