Unable to mount the second hard drive on Windows 10.

ByFeNix1350
Senior Member

502

08-23-2016, 12:47 AM

Hello everyone, I'm not very familiar with winning 10 yet. I recently moved from version 7 to Win 10 and installed it on a NVMe SSD. Now I'm trying to format my old SSD using Win 7, but I keep getting an access permission error no matter what I do. Any suggestions or help would be appreciated!

ByFeNix1350

08-23-2016, 12:47 AM #1

R3012005
Junior Member

08-24-2016, 01:39 AM

Repeat the Windows 10 USB setup process until you reach the partitioning interface, then format your SSD using that method. The system likely relies on the Windows 7 bootloader while you're inside Windows 10, which blocks a proper format.

R3012005

08-24-2016, 01:39 AM #2

GRavital29
Junior Member

08-24-2016, 09:12 PM

Sure, I'll give it a shot. If you're correct, the formatted Win7 bootloader should prevent Windows 10 from starting.

GRavital29

08-24-2016, 09:12 PM #3

Sure, I'll give it a shot. If you're correct, the formatted Win7 bootloader should prevent Windows 10 from starting.

Qufi
Member

171

08-25-2016, 03:15 AM

This might occur sometimes depending on how you set up Windows 10. In certain cases, bootloaders can become linked, and removing one can disrupt your installation. Avoid installing Windows with multiple drives at once; disconnect everything except the drive you wish to use.

Qufi

08-25-2016, 03:15 AM #4

Gabester12
Member

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08-25-2016, 02:32 PM

what a wonderful feature.........

Gabester12

08-25-2016, 02:32 PM #5

what a wonderful feature.........

Darkvergus
Junior Member

09-03-2016, 11:01 AM

Darkvergus

09-03-2016, 11:01 AM #6

Kaidjii
Junior Member

09-08-2016, 07:32 AM

Thanks for your thoughts, I chose to delete the files rather than format. Problem resolved.

Kaidjii

09-08-2016, 07:32 AM #7

Thanks for your thoughts, I chose to delete the files rather than format. Problem resolved.

Stealsz
Member

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09-09-2016, 08:23 PM

There’s no need to delete files; the Bootloader remains intact. You’re likely to notice it’s still an active system partition, and a dual-boot choice may appear during startup.

Stealsz

09-09-2016, 08:23 PM #8

There’s no need to delete files; the Bootloader remains intact. You’re likely to notice it’s still an active system partition, and a dual-boot choice may appear during startup.