Windows 10: Can't boot after installing windows on 2nd drive

Discus and support Can't boot after installing windows on 2nd drive in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; Hi, I am frustrated and here is what I did (any help is appreciated) : My company's laptop has only HDD drive and it has Windows 10 Enterprise and i... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/Eng_MsMs, Mar 13, 2020.

  1. /U/ENG_MSMS
    /u/Eng_MsMs Win User

    Can't boot after installing windows on 2nd drive


    Hi,

    I am frustrated and here is what I did (any help is appreciated) :

    My company's laptop has only HDD drive and it has Windows 10 Enterprise and i don't have admin privileges + it has BittLocker.

    I got my self a temporary nvme drive and plugged it into an empty nvme port, installed windows via usb creation tool (WITHOUT REMOVING THE HDD BECAUSE IM THAT SMART) and I can now dual boot as long as both drives plugged in.

    When I remove the nvme drive, the HDD (which has win enterprise) spits out error 0xc000000e and won't boot.

    When I replug the nvme, it boots fine if I choose it from the dual boot menu.

    I tried: - Macrium rescue tool with only HDD installed and didn't work - Startup Repair from windows creation tool via repair PC option and no luck.

    Any help?

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    /u/Eng_MsMs, Mar 13, 2020
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  2. EXODUSPRIME1337
    exodusprime1337 Win User

    windows xp installation and dual core am

    could someone please list the steps they follow to install windows with a dual core processor and windows xp service pack to. I'm reletively new to amd dual core and i feel i'm missing a step. All help will be appreciated. thanx
     
    exodusprime1337, Mar 13, 2020
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  3. 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 13, 2020
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  4. SOYLENT JOE
    Soylent Joe Win User

    Can't boot after installing windows on 2nd drive

    Can't boot up win Windows 7! Halp!

    I never got to any options or install screen or anything, it was just "loading windows files" and then the screen. I tried it 3 times, went through those steps all 3 times. I've only been booting from the disc, it's not installed to boot from the drive.
     
    Soylent Joe, Mar 13, 2020
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