Windows 10: Windows tries to boot from wrong drive

Discus and support Windows tries to boot from wrong drive in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging to solve the problem; Good morning! A few months ago I replaced my original HDD with an SSD, which is now called Drive C: and contains the OS (Win 10). When I first did... Discussion in 'Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging' started by PaulAubin, Sep 16, 2019.

  1. PAULAUBIN
    PaulAubin Win User

    Windows tries to boot from wrong drive


    Good morning!


    A few months ago I replaced my original HDD with an SSD, which is now called Drive C: and contains the OS (Win 10). When I first did this I simply disconnected the HDD and Windows always booted from the new SSD without an issue.


    Recently I decided to convert the original HDD to a media storage drive so I reformatted it and named it Drive E. But for some reason when I reboot the computer it tries to boot from the HDD (the blank Drive E) rather than the SSD (Drive C with the OS). Why is this happening and how do I fix it?


    Thanks!

    :)
     
    PaulAubin, Sep 16, 2019
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  2. 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, Sep 16, 2019
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  3. DANDEL
    Dandel Win User
    How to go about building a tri-boot system?

    i dual boot all the time, and going in to tri boot is easy.

    step 1) partition the drive in to 3 partitions ( leaving 1 empty for the linux installer. )
    step 2) install windows on the first 2 partitions.
    step 3) install linux, and let it auto partition the remaining space. ( i recommend at least 30gb of space for linux, because it will make things a lot easier. )

    step 4) enjoy.
     
    Dandel, Sep 16, 2019
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  4. WILE E
    Wile E Win User

    Windows tries to boot from wrong drive

    How to go about building a tri-boot system?

    Yeah, but he's throwing OS X in there. Not quite as easy to do, but not all that hard. Manual configuration of GRUB is necessary.
     
    Wile E, Sep 16, 2019
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