Windows 10: Windows defaults to old HDD instead of newly installed SSD

Discus and support Windows defaults to old HDD instead of newly installed SSD in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Hi, I switched out my old HDD Western Digital 750GB and installed a new SSD SanDisk 500GB into my Windows 10 i7 ASUS laptop. It worked a treat... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by Terence Hockenhull, Feb 12, 2021.

  1. TERENCE HOCKENHULL
    Terence Hockenhull Win User

    Windows defaults to old HDD instead of newly installed SSD


    Hi,


    I switched out my old HDD Western Digital 750GB and installed a new SSD SanDisk 500GB into my Windows 10 i7 ASUS laptop. It worked a treat speeding up boot times from about 2 minutes to less than 15 seconds. Super! I decided to reuse the old HDD by removing the CD-ROM drive, inserting a caddy and dropping in the old HDD for additional storage. As soon as I did this, my laptop reverted to booting from the old HDD and will not recognize in File Manager the new SSD but it is recognized by the bios. I tried adjusting the bios setting to stop the laptop booting form the old drive disable and provided the new drive as the primary boot drive. This made no difference at all It still continued to boot from the old HDD now located in the old CD-ROM bay.

    I then tried removing the old HDD from the caddy and my computer 'spat out its dummy', flashed a pale blue screen at me and refused to do anything other than show me an error message that a vital component was missing!

    I put the caddy back in, with the old HDD and the computer continues to boot from this drive and will not recognize the SSD drive.

    Nothing wrong with either drive; I cloned the SSD from the WD HDD and it has worked perfectly throughout the last 3 months. I have thought about reformatting the WD drive I want to do this anyway but can't take the risk until I have the system correctly set to boot from the SSD and read the HDD as a additional storage drive. Any suggestions?

    :)
     
    Terence Hockenhull, Feb 12, 2021
    #1
  2. CHUCKDEVRIES
    ChuckDeVries Win User

    Windows 10 Installation to new SSD while keeping old HDD

    Installed a new SSD, so my PC now has two drives. Have been running Windows 10 on the old HDD. I want to install Windows 10 on the new SSD. Using the Windows ISO DVD I made there is no choice where to install WIndows 10. I am not sure how to remove Windows
    10 from the old HDD and install it on the SSD to speed up boot.

    I read where you cannot remove Windows 10 from the original HDD. Not sure if that is true.
     
    ChuckDeVries, Feb 12, 2021
    #2
  3. TREVORBRENNAN
    TrevorBrennan Win User
    Clean Install From Upgrade to Second SSD Intead of HDD

    I recently purchased a HP Envy 17t laptop with an 1tb HDD that has windows 8.1 installed. I would like to install the upgrade to windows 10 but I want to put it on a my old Mushkin 120gb SSD and use the HDD as a storage drive. Is there a way to do a clean
    install to my SSD instead of the HDD?
     
    TrevorBrennan, Feb 12, 2021
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  4. PRAKTICALJOKE
    Prakticaljoke Win User

    Windows defaults to old HDD instead of newly installed SSD

    Move Windows 10 from installed hdd to installed ssd

    Hi i made my own pc i have a hdd and a ssd when i installed windows for the first time it got installed on the hdd instead of the ssd and i have no idea of how to reinstall windows on my ssd instead of the hdd my pc is empty only windows on it so i dont
    mind how its done i just need a way that works !!
     
    Prakticaljoke, Feb 12, 2021
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