What are the rules of assignment of numbers of Harddisk#, DR# in Windows/how to check Win event logs from the past

[Radoslava Vladislavova]

Hello all!Internal and external disks receive an assigned number to them: Harddisk#, DR# in Windows. These numbers can be seen in Windows Event Logs>>disk errors.Do assigned disk numbers (Harddisk#, DR#) of the internal disks change when I plug and unplug my external drives or change the Boot order in BIOS? I want to know how to relate past disk errors from Windows Event Log with my disks. Is there a way to be certain which disk had an error from the past, when other disks were plugged, and possible boot order was changed?Thank you in advance for your help!

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