Drive sequence displays differently in different places

[Percival P. Cassidy[_3_]]

I have four hard disks in my Win7Pro machine (Asus M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3
mobo).

The sequence in which they are attached to four internal SATA ports is

SATA1: A
SATA2: B
SATA3: C
(SATA4 is an external eSATA port)
SATA5: D

When I press F8 during POST to select from which drive to boot or in
Device Manager, the sequence is:

D
C
B
A

In Partition Wizard the sequence is:

A
C
D
B

Why?

Perce

[chrisv]

"Percival P. Cassidy" > wrote in message
...
> I have four hard disks in my Win7Pro machine (Asus M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3
> mobo).
>
> The sequence in which they are attached to four internal SATA ports is
>
> SATA1: A
> SATA2: B
> SATA3: C
> (SATA4 is an external eSATA port)
> SATA5: D
>
> When I press F8 during POST to select from which drive to boot or in
> Device Manager, the sequence is:
>
> D
> C
> B
> A
>
> In Partition Wizard the sequence is:
>
> A
> C
> D
> B
>
> Why?

Compare Disk Management and BIOS Boot Sequence and all will become clear.