Windows 10: win 10 boot question on 2 drives

Discus and support win 10 boot question on 2 drives in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; hi guys i have 2 separate drives, one is a crucial M.2 500 gig ssd drive that sits on the motherboard slot and the other is a samsung 500 gig solid... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by uplinkz, Mar 4, 2020.

  1. uplinkz Win User

    win 10 boot question on 2 drives


    hi guys
    i have 2 separate drives, one is a crucial M.2 500 gig ssd drive that sits on the motherboard slot and the other is a samsung 500 gig solid state drive. i have win 10 on the M.2, and i want to put win 10 on the samsung, can this be done and boot to ones choice?

    can i have both installed with each one having there respective win 10 installation on each drive and when i boot the computer
    just disable the drive i dont want to boot to?
    the reason why im doing this is because my gkids are on the crucial M.2 drive only, and the samsung ssd i want to be able to have just for my use only
    im thinking i could just disable in the bios the unused drive but im not sure being green with the drives

    :)
     
    uplinkz, Mar 4, 2020
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  2. itsakjt Win User

    Dual Boot Over 2 Hard drives Advice Please.

    Steps
    1>Disconnect HDD and install Win 8.1 to SSD
    2>Disconnect SSD and install Win 7 to HDD
    3>Connect both drives, go to BIOS and select the SSD as primary boot device
    4>You should be able to boot to Win 8.1
    5>Download Easy BCD and add the Win 7 entry by selecting the proper partition of the HDD.

    Should be a piece of cake. *Wink win 10 boot question on 2 drives ;)
     
    itsakjt, Mar 4, 2020
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  3. RealNeil Win User
    Win 10 boots...

    Interesting that it works on that oldie but goody laptop.

    I don't notice any speed lags with Win-10 TP, but I'm using it on an i5-4670K system with an SSD for the boot drive, so it's snappy.
     
    RealNeil, Mar 4, 2020
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  4. topgundcp Win User

    win 10 boot question on 2 drives

    Dual Booting 2 x Windows 10 OS Drives (Existing Installs)


    It is uneccessary to do all of the above.
    1. Boot up Windows 10
    2. Open Disk Management and take a note of the drive letter of the other Windows 10
    3. Open Admin Command Prompt and type: bcdboot X:\Windows where X is the drive letter noted in step 2
    4. Reboot, you should have a dual boot menu.
     
    topgundcp, Mar 4, 2020
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