When i unplugged my HDD windows wont boot

Alright, so i was gonna swap my hdd to ssd and then i did so and when i try to boot windows it wont so i knew my windows boot manager had to be in the hdd so i cant help. i have to look in google i said and so do i. i searched and no answer, my bios was legacy so there will be no efi partition which it almost gave me an answer to the problem and thus dont tell me to buy a new motherboard i have no money

Edit: i have 2 ssd and the ssd i was talking about was a spare

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Hi, I am Dave, I will help you with this.

When you install Windows using a bootable USB, if there was a previous Windows installation on another drive, that previous drive must be disconnected during the installation to force the installation to create a new boot partition on the new drive, that is the most likely cause of the problem.

In this case, you would need to re-install Windows again while disconnecting the previous drive, then you will be able to set BOS to boot from the new drive.
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Last updated April 19, 2025 Views 8 Applies to: