Windows 10: Deleting the windows from current booting drive while having in another drive

Discus and support Deleting the windows from current booting drive while having in another drive in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; I was getting a issue that my laptop was not able to find the hard drive. After many restarts it started but it installed a window backup in hdd which... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by Abhinay Mishra, Apr 20, 2023.

  1. ABHINAY MISHRA
    Abhinay Mishra Win User

    Deleting the windows from current booting drive while having in another drive


    I was getting a issue that my laptop was not able to find the hard drive. After many restarts it started but it installed a window backup in hdd which is currently booting. I am having window installed in my sdd also & I want that it should be booted. If I uninstall or delete the windows from hdd. Will it automatically boot the laptop with sdd?

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    Abhinay Mishra, Apr 20, 2023
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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, Apr 20, 2023
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  3. LITTLE CAT
    little cat Win User
    little cat, Apr 20, 2023
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  4. GKING
    GKing Win User

    Deleting the windows from current booting drive while having in another drive

    Maxtor Hard Drive Beep

    Maxtor drive beeps

    Have a similiar situation using a DiamondMax Plus 8, 20GB Mfg Date 4/15/03. Drive used as a second system drive. Drive is recognized in boot menu but not in drive list. Drive is always connected. Computer started locking up for several seconds at a time. Chkdsk on drives and couldn't find that drive. Removed drive from bay to make sure connections were ok and heard the beeping. Shutdown and restart and never got to windows screen. Restarted several times then saw drive in boot menu and Windows loaded but Maxtor not in drive menu. When recognized in boot menu, computer will start but beeps and is not found.

    Tried kicking it real hard but no improvement. Any suggestions?
     
    GKing, Apr 20, 2023
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