Windows 10: My new internal hard drive is installed, but I have to unplug it whenever I boot Windows?

Windows is on my (Samsung 970 EVO Plus) SSD. Today I got a new (Seagate BarraCuda ST4000DM004) internal hard drive.

Whenever I boot with the new drive's SATA data cable plugged in, the motherboard (X570 Aorus elite) evidently tries to boot into the new drive, yielding this error screen:

Reboot and select proper boot device

Or insert Boot Media in selected Boot device
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What's worse, the keyboard stops working, so I can't enter BIOS settings while it's plugged in.

So, after reading that hot swapping SATA data is fine, I unplugged the SATA cable, booted Windows, and then plugged the new drive in, and set it up. Everything went fine. When I entered BIOS from the Windows Troubleshooting menu, though, and checked boot settings, the SSD wasn't showing up--the new drive was the only option. Sure enough, restarting gave that same "Reboot and select proper boot device" issue.

Surely there's a solution that doesn't involve having to unplug the new HDD every time I turn on my computer? Thanks for your time.

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Need help installing a new hard drive

yes, so just unplug the old hard drive and install windows onto the new drive, it being the only drive plugged into the computer.
then after windows is installed and it works, plug the old one back in and it will be recognized. obviously turn the computer off while plugging in/out drives.

you only had to go to computer management if you needed to see the drive in windows, if you want to install a fresh install of windows to the drive and then use both afterward (recommended) then this will do it.

if , by chance, it boots the old windows instead of the new after doing that - then just go into the bios and arrange the drives in your boot priority, putting the new drive first.

 

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