rblaes_99
I always do a clean install with only one single HDD installed... then add the others in later. Windows tends to sneak files onto the other drives and I always wanted a clean dedicated OS drive.
in fact, new build I don't install anything but the minimum to boot. one c: HDD, one stack of RAM. not even a video card at first. I don't even mount the motherboard yet.... all done on cardboard box it shipped in.
Not sure if this will help ya, but when I first got my Z590 FTW, and tried to do a fresh install Windows on my new M.2 SSD, it showed in the bios, but Windows did not see it, and therefore would not install to it....Turns out, I had a fairly old copy of Windows 10. Downloaded the latest from Microsoft onto a Flash drive, and problem solved.....