Did Windows partially install itself on my second drive?

[jordanrotz]

Here's the deal: I have Windows 7, an HDD and an SSD. I chose the SSD to install my OS. Then I noticed my harddrive not showing in My Computer so I went to disk management to find my harddrive has a 100 mb partition labeled "System Reserved" and then two blocks of unallocated space. I selected a block and now I am able to use my hard drive. Problem is when I restart the system I go straight to BIOS. Even though I installed Win7 on the SSD I have to click on the HDD to get Windows to start up.

Should I have disconnected the hard drive while installing windows on my solid state?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

This is why they recommend only having the SSD attached during OS install.

 

[USAFRet]

Should I have disconnected the hard drive while installing windows on my solid state?

Yes, but this is not critical. Until you want to remove that HDD, or it fails.

That 'System Reserved' is the boot info. Windows does this, when two drives are connected during the install.

Can you post a screencap of your Disk Management window?

 

[k1114]

If you don't see a 100MB partition on the ssd, yes it did and yes you should have.

 

[littleleo]

Not to beat a dead horse, but it is best to only have the drive you plan to install windows on connected during the installation. Otherwise the installation will put little presents on all the drives connected. And that may also slow down your boot up.