Make new SSD my C: drive

[Black_Chimaera]

Hello!

So last weekend I cloned my C: drive to a new SSD. My computer boots fine with only the SSD installed, but I'd like to keep the previous HDD as secondary storage. However, despite switching my SSD as the primary boot drive (and only booting from it) it keeps being listed as the D: drive. The Windows drive is still the C: drive which is my old and slow HDD.

Right now my computer looks like this:
C: drive: old HDD
D: drive: new SSD
F: drive: partition of the old HDD

If I boot with only the SSD plugged in, then the SSD lists as the C: drive, but as soon as the HDD is plugged in, it returns to being the D: drive. I'd like to format the old HDD and keep it as a secondary drive as it is 2TB. Old HDD is a Western Digital, new SSD is a Mushkin, if that helps. It's my first time cloning a hard drive and while the SSD works fine, I'm still stuck with two copies of the same thing.

 

[clutchc]

You can change the drive letters in Disk Management.

 

[ArtPog]

Your problem is most likely the type of problem that affects many "destination" drives, i.e., the recipients of the cloned contents of the "source" drive that was cloned.

After a successful disk-cloning operation (and we'll assume yours was a successful one) it's important - even essential in some cases - to DISCONNECT the source drive from the system and boot ONLY WITH THE CLONED DRIVE (in your case the SSD) connected in the system. No other drives connected at this time other than the newly-cloned drive.

After you've determined that the newly-cloned boot drive (your SSD) boots without incident and functions without problems should the former boot drive (your HDD) be connected. It's also good practice to access the BIOS to ensure the newly-cloned drive is first in boot order priority.

Work with the newly-cloned drive for some time to determine all is well before re:connecting the HDD.

So repeat the disk-cloning operation and don't forget to follow the above instructions. Capiche?