Only way to boot SSD is to have windows 10 also installed on seperate HDD

79robb

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Basically in the title. When I try to boot the SSD directly it says reboot and select proper boot device.
 
Solution


What happened was you had both drives connected when you installed on the SSD.
So...Windows has a nasty habit of putting the boot partition on the 'other' drive. It doesn't need a full install of Windows, but without that second drive connected, no boot for you.

Is this a brand new install?

USAFRet

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What happened was you had both drives connected when you installed on the SSD.
So...Windows has a nasty habit of putting the boot partition on the 'other' drive. It doesn't need a full install of Windows, but without that second drive connected, no boot for you.

Is this a brand new install?
 
Solution
yes you should only have 1 drive connected when installing windows

few options

re install windows with only the ssd connected

use windows repair with command prompt using bootrec /fixmbr

use easybcd to edit your boot menu

use visualbcd to repair the boot record
 

USAFRet

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Exactly.
During the install, when it asks 'where', select each existing partition, and Delete.
Let Windows format and use the one large remaining space.