Windows 10 fails to start following the removal of the second SSD.
Windows 10 fails to start following the removal of the second SSD.
Windows 10 has issues with boot loader placement. I have three 240GB SSDs, but even after choosing one for installation, the bootloader ended up on a different drive than intended. This isn’t unique to me.
The boot file is located on the first hard disk. Deleting it would prevent starting Windows on the replacement drive. This isn't an issue—it's the standard setup. You must install a bootloader on the new drive to enable booting from it. Because it's a fresh installation, simply reinstall without connecting the previous drive works best.
When you set up Windows, ensure only the desired drive is connected to the hardware. Attach the remaining drives afterward, as Windows will recognize them automatically.
Is not "for some reason". When you have 2 OS on the same drive, the bootloader would be installed on the 1st drive. You can see both OS from that bootloader and select which one you want to boot. If you have only 1 OS then the bootloader would skip the drive selector. If you move / remove the 1st drive then the second cannot be booted because there's no bootloader. To fix this you must rebuild the bootloader, i would not suggest this as you may endup reformat the drive mistakenly. What i would do is backup all important files on the ssd, and then start from scratch. After this you can only boot on each drive separately. To do this you can select the drive you want to boot in bios (in my case press F9 then select the disk).