Windows 10: I cannot boot from a new SSD with Windows 10 installed on it

Here is the situation:

I had an old SSD. It has Windows 10 on it.

I bought a new SSD. I want to install Windows 10 on it, and use the old drive as storage.

I boot from a Windows installer on USB, install to the new SSD (which has been partitioned and formatted). Everything works fine so far.

PC reboots...and now I see a dual boot screen. The PC will now boot into either version of Windows (the old one and new one).

In the BIOS, the two drives are listed as:
UEFI Windows Boot Manager - P2: Zotac

P1: Crucial SSD

If I set the old drive to boot first, the system will boot to the dual boot screen

If I set the new drive to boot first, I get:

"An operating system was not found. Try disconnecting any drivers that don't contain an operating system."

Even though Windows 10 is installed on it and works.

So I went into the new version of Windows, into msconfig, and removed the old version of Windows from the boot section. Now the computer directly boots into the new version of Windows on the new SSD.

However, if I go back into the BIOS, it is still booting from the old SSD. If I change it, I get the operating system not found error.

Now I am being held hostage by this old drive. If I format the drive, I am scared I won't be able to boot at all. I have no idea what is going on.

The old drive is still listed as the active partition and it cannot be changed.

Does anyone know what the hell is going on?

I've built dozens of computers over my life and never had anything like this ever happen.

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