Windows 10: can i make windows boot from a different drive?

Discus and support can i make windows boot from a different drive? in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; hey reddit, i purchased a Kingston SSD and i want to make it the boot drive for my computer, and have the drive already in it used for storage. the... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/Unfunnyfatperson, Mar 17, 2021.

  1. /U/UNFUNNYFATPERSON
    /u/Unfunnyfatperson Win User

    can i make windows boot from a different drive?


    hey reddit,

    i purchased a Kingston SSD and i want to make it the boot drive for my computer, and have the drive already in it used for storage. the SSD is to small for me to transfer everything over, and i cannot wipe the drive. Do i have to install a fresh copy of windows onto the SSD? Is this even possible to achieve?

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    /u/Unfunnyfatperson, Mar 17, 2021
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  2. SPEEDY11131
    speedy11131 Win User

    Windows 7 booting off wrong drive?!?!?

    Please move if this is in the wrong place.

    I have two hard drives, a 1.5TB drive, and a 160GB drive. Windows is installed on the 1.5TB drive, as are all my files and programs. The 160GB drive has a bunch of old files, and apparently the bootmgr and boot folder. Nothing else is on the 160GB drive, other than media files etc.

    If I remove the 160GB drive from the machine, windows refuses to boot, plug it back in, it works fine. The setup with two hard drives I have now is temporary, as the 160GB drive will go into another machine.

    My question is, can someone give me a step by step on how to make windows force to boot off the 1.5TB drive, ignoring the 160GB drive in the boot process completely?
    I don't know how to do this in Windows 7, on XP I would just run the /fixmbr command and its related ones.

    Any help would be appreciated.

    Note: I would really really rather not have to wipe and reinstall, I know it can be done without one as I've had this issue with XP before.
     
    speedy11131, Mar 17, 2021
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  3. LITTLE CAT
    little cat Win User
    little cat, Mar 17, 2021
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  4. CARING1
    Caring1 Win User

    can i make windows boot from a different drive?

    Windows Booting beep!!

    Check the boot order in the BIOS also, it might not have the hard drive as primary in the boot list.
     
    Caring1, Mar 17, 2021
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