Scarecrow
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- May 10, 2019
Hi,
I recently built a PC with 2 drives, a SSD and a HDD. I had originally installed Windows on the SSD but after a malfunction, I temporarily installed it on the HDD while the SSD was getting replaced.
When the new SSD arrived, I did the following :
- Unplugged the SATA cable from my HDD
- Installed the SSD in the computer
- Installed Windows on the SSD via usb
On the first boot after installation, it booted on the SSD since the HDD was not plugged in. Then I shut it down, plugged back the HDD SATA cable and booted into bios to set boot options.
First weird thing : my HDD was not appearing in the list of boot options. Only my SSD and my SSD followed by (Windows boot manager) appeared in the list.
I chose the regular SSD entry and booted, but it booted on the HDD. So I tried again with the Windows boot manager option and it boots on the SSD but a third drive appears in my windows explorer that's separate from the rest of the SSD, so I'm not sure what's happening.
Basically, it's booting on the only drive I can't select, and I'm afraid to wipe the HDD while in Windows boot manager because I don't really know what it actually is.
Sorry if the thread seems dumb, I'm not that great with computers.
Thanks
I recently built a PC with 2 drives, a SSD and a HDD. I had originally installed Windows on the SSD but after a malfunction, I temporarily installed it on the HDD while the SSD was getting replaced.
When the new SSD arrived, I did the following :
- Unplugged the SATA cable from my HDD
- Installed the SSD in the computer
- Installed Windows on the SSD via usb
On the first boot after installation, it booted on the SSD since the HDD was not plugged in. Then I shut it down, plugged back the HDD SATA cable and booted into bios to set boot options.
First weird thing : my HDD was not appearing in the list of boot options. Only my SSD and my SSD followed by (Windows boot manager) appeared in the list.
I chose the regular SSD entry and booted, but it booted on the HDD. So I tried again with the Windows boot manager option and it boots on the SSD but a third drive appears in my windows explorer that's separate from the rest of the SSD, so I'm not sure what's happening.
Basically, it's booting on the only drive I can't select, and I'm afraid to wipe the HDD while in Windows boot manager because I don't really know what it actually is.
Sorry if the thread seems dumb, I'm not that great with computers.
Thanks