Windows 10: Windows 11 on wrong drive and drive keeps switching to that one after update and restart

Discus and support Windows 11 on wrong drive and drive keeps switching to that one after update and restart in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; My friend made my computer for me with a ssd with 4 tb and an hdd with 8 tbs for storage, he accidently put windows 11 on the hdd and then copied it... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Hunter Bishop, Jul 29, 2024.

  1. HUNTER BISHOP
    Hunter Bishop Win User

    Windows 11 on wrong drive and drive keeps switching to that one after update and restart


    My friend made my computer for me with a ssd with 4 tb and an hdd with 8 tbs for storage, he accidently put windows 11 on the hdd and then copied it with some app to the ssd, but now my computer keeps switching over to the hdd I heard that this is useful for you guys?

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    Hunter Bishop, Jul 29, 2024
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  2. LITTLE CAT
    little cat Win User
    little cat, Jul 29, 2024
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  3. 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, Jul 29, 2024
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  4. GKING
    GKing Win User

    Windows 11 on wrong drive and drive keeps switching to that one after update and restart

    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, Jul 29, 2024
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