Question Cant disconnect empty ssd

[talbrud]

hey, ive got 2 sdds and i would like to take one . i tried to find out which disk has windows on it by plugging out and see if it boots. when i plugged out the first disk is had the windows on it cuz it couldnt boot . when i plugged the second one out it asked for a repair.
seems like windows uses both, any help?
sorry for misspells

 

[karenjoly]

I suspect that when you installed windows to the boot drive, the other was also installed ? If so then you are correct, that windows uses both drives to boot your system. I suggest that you save all your data on one drive, usually the older, slower drive, but whichever is more convenient, disconnect that drive, and install windows again on the other/newer/faster one.You will then have a boot drive and a storage drive with "old" windows files , part of the previous OS, which may be deleted for extra space. By the time this finishes you will know which drive is which.

 

[popatim]

You don't need to reinstall windows. With only the drive that has Windows on it connected to the PC, boot from your Windows installation media and run Startup Repair. It may take a few times to repair the bootloader but usually does.