I'm getting errors in Windows 10's event log stating \Device\Harddisk1\DR2 drive controller is having a problem. I know that the hard disk numbers depend on the BIOS and do not match the physical connections.
How can I tell which physical device this actually is? diskpart lists these devices:
Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---
Disk 0 Online 931 GB 0 B *
Disk 1 Online 1863 GB 927 GB
Is \Device\Harddisk1 the "Disk 1" listed here? Is there some other way to determine what Windows 10 means by Harddisk1 ?
What is DR2?
Best Answer
How can I tell which physical device this actually is?
You can use
wmic diskdrive get caption, deviceid, size
to match up the devices shown with physical disks.Example output from my laptop:
And:
As you can see from the deviceid, and confirmed by the sizes, the devices are listed in the same order on my Laptop.
Note:
wmic
on his PC lists the devices in the reverse order. The information still allows the disks to be identified.