Windows 10: Accidental dual boot on 2 hard drives. How to revert?

Discus and support Accidental dual boot on 2 hard drives. How to revert? in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; I have 2 SSDs and want to have 2 autonomous Windows 10 machines. First one already has Windows 10 and the second one was supposed to get a clean... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by lucdedpet, May 19, 2019.

  1. lucdedpet Win User

    Accidental dual boot on 2 hard drives. How to revert?


    I have 2 SSDs and want to have 2 autonomous Windows 10 machines. First one already has Windows 10 and the second one was supposed to get a clean install with another Windows 10 OS via USB. Both SSDs were connected to the PC during the clean install. After I clean installed, the second SSD was apparently part of the first SSDs dual boot menu. Now the second SSD is not an autonomous OS but part of a dual boot, is there a way to split them or will I have to format the second drive and clean install again without the first drive connected inside the PC? (First drive is not an option for formatting)

    :)
     
    lucdedpet, May 19, 2019
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  2. topgundcp Win User

    Dual Booting 2 x Windows 10 OS Drives (Existing Installs)


    It is uneccessary to do all of the above.
    1. Boot up Windows 10
    2. Open Disk Management and take a note of the drive letter of the other Windows 10
    3. Open Admin Command Prompt and type: bcdboot X:\Windows where X is the drive letter noted in step 2
    4. Reboot, you should have a dual boot menu.
     
    topgundcp, May 19, 2019
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  3. topgundcp Win User
    Dual Booting with Windows 8.1


    The procedure below will allow you to boot Windows separately or in dual boot configuration.
    Here's what I recommend to do:
    1. Disconnect the drive containing Windows 8.1
    2. Install Windows 10 with one drive connected.
    3. After step 2, reconnect the drive containing Windows 8.1
    4. Boot up Windows 8.1. Open disk management and take a note of the drive letter of Windows 10 OS.
      NOTE: if you boot up Windows 10, then take a note of Windows 8.1 drive letter
    5. Open Admin command prompt and type: bcdboot X:\windows where X: is the drive letter of Windows 10 (Windows 8.1 if you boot from Windows 10 in step 4)
    6. Reboot the PC. You should have a dual boot screen.

    NOTE: To break off the dual boot setting, Win+R->msconfig->boot and delete the none default entry on the list.
     
    topgundcp, May 19, 2019
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  4. Accidental dual boot on 2 hard drives. How to revert?

    Dual Boot Over 2 Hard drives Advice Please.

    it will cos the 1TB is already formatted with nothing on it just waiting to be filled *Smile Accidental dual boot on 2 hard drives. How to revert? :)
    it doesn't matter how much I search I cant find anything that tells me how to dual boot from 2 different hard drives. all I get is how to partition a hard drive and dual boot which I already know how to.
     
    fireblade77, May 19, 2019
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