How to remove second hard drive from Windows 7? Keep getting boot error.

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Camaroz06

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Hi Guys,

I have 2 x 150GB WD VR drives in a system. I installed Windows 7 on one of the drives and nothing on the second.

I wanted to remove the drive with nothing on it and move it to another system. I pulled one of the SATA cable and I kept getting boot errors when I restarted. I guess that even though I selected one of the drives to install Windows 7 the installation process actually put a boot sector on the other 150GB drive, I guess it was in a lower # SATA port.

Does anyone know what I have to do so I can remove one of the drives?

Thanks,
Eddie
 
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You took out the wrong drive. plug it back in and take out the other one.
 
I didnt take out the wrong drive, I did both and kept getting boot errors with either out.
 
windows would never split up installation files over multiple disks. if you are sure you are removing the correct disk, use /fixmbr like in that link ^^
 
ghost6303 said:
windows would never split up installation files over multiple disks. if you are sure you are removing the correct disk, use /fixmbr like in that link ^^
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Yes it would. I have several times found the boot loader on the 2nd drive (even on a IDE slave drive) with the windows install on the C: drive. I only ever install windows with one drive connected for this reason and then plug in any extra drives afterwords.
 
Yes it would. I have several times found the boot loader on the 2nd drive (even on a IDE slave drive) with the windows install on the C: drive.
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Yup...happens all the time. It's kind of bewildering - no idea how windows decides where to put the bootloader.
 
I would expect the boot loader would be put on whatever drive the BIOS tells it is the boot drive and that C: can be on any drive in your system which of course may or may not be what the BIOS thinks is the highest priory boot drive.
 
drescherjm said:
I would expect the boot loader would be put on whatever drive the BIOS tells it is the boot drive and that C: can be on any drive in your system which of course may or may not be what the BIOS thinks is the highest priory boot drive.
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You'd think so, but I have had everything in the BIOS set to boot from a specific drive the other drive not even in the boot list and windows still puts the boot loader on the wrong drive.
 
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