Windows 10: Unplug HDD when installing Windows 10 on my SSD?

Discus and support Unplug HDD when installing Windows 10 on my SSD? in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; Hey everyone! I just ordered my first custom PC (I'm not very handy, so I didn't want to take the risk of fucking it up when building it myself and... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/Truly_Valiant, Nov 21, 2020.

  1. /U/TRULY_VALIANT
    /u/Truly_Valiant Win User

    Unplug HDD when installing Windows 10 on my SSD?


    Hey everyone!

    I just ordered my first custom PC (I'm not very handy, so I didn't want to take the risk of fucking it up when building it myself and the store I ordered from isn't too expensive when it comes to assembling the PC). When it arrives, I will have to install Windows 10 myself, though.

    I heard that some people suggest unplugging the HDD while installing Windows 10 on the SSD, but others say it's not necessary. Both the SSD and HDD are completely new, so no data can be wiped, and they're both 1 TB, so it's not that obvious which drive is which when selecting which drive to install Windows to.

    What do you guys think? I'm just stressed out about unplugging the HDD because I'm not handy and I don't know enough about the PC to know what to unplug. Any tips?

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    :)
     
    /u/Truly_Valiant, Nov 21, 2020
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  2. YAFYOFA
    yafyofa Win User

    do you still need to unplug your hdds when instaling windows 10 to your SSD ?

    I have Samsung ssd 850 evo for OS

    and onother 4 hdds for games and media etc

    if I want to do a clean install of windows 10 to my ssd

    do I need to unplug the hdds so windows will not put some files to these hdds

    during the instlation of windows 10 ?
     
    yafyofa, Nov 21, 2020
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  3. FONSHOUTMAN
    FonsHoutman Win User
    [SOLVED] HDD not shown in BIOS after re-installing windows 10

    Thanks for the quick reponse, but what you suggested is not really helpful for my situation.

    I have fixed the problem myself:

    I didn't unplug my SSD during the installation of windows on the hdd. This caused that there was no efi- and recovery partition on the hdd. The solution is to first turn off the laptop completely. After that unplug the ssd, only leave the media on which
    you want to install windows on. Install windows from a bootable device and follow the steps. A tip is to install windows on a unallocated space, windows will than create all the partitions on its own. After that everything is fine!
     
    FonsHoutman, Nov 21, 2020
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  4. ZTRUKER
    Ztruker Win User

    Unplug HDD when installing Windows 10 on my SSD?

    Installing Windows 10 on HDD, then on SSD

    Skip the HDD step. Go directly to SSD. Win 10 will install and activate on the SSD with no problems.
     
    Ztruker, Nov 21, 2020
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