Hey, I am buying a new SSD tomorrow and wanted to get my computer ready today.
I have two drives, a 120gb ssd (C drive) which windows is installed on, and an 300gb hard drive (F Drive), which is the one I want to remove.
When I remove the old hard drive and then boot up my computer, I get the message "reboot and select proper boot device". I have made sure to double check that the 120gb ssd is the one with windows installed on it.
I followed some steps on the internet and changed the boot sequence so that windows boot manager was on top but this did not solve the issue. One thing I did notice was that when I put the boot manager on top then clicked save and exit, the next time I went into my boot sequence the boot manager had been automatically placed on the bottom again. I then plugged my old hard drive back in, went into the bios settings and moved the windows boot manager on top again and now my computer will boot into windows like normal without displaying a "reboot and select proper boot device message".
Is it possible that my old hard drive has critical files on it that my computer needs in order to boot? If so how do I check? Also is there a step I am missing?
It's worth noting that I do not care about the data I have on my old hard drive as it is almost entirely games.
Here is a couple pictures of what my boot sequence looks like with and without the old hard drive; View: https://imgur.com/a/ud5DqDg
Here is a screenshot of my Disk Management in windows; View: https://imgur.com/a/iCpTm1V
I thought about using the windows disk management tool in order too select my old hard drive and "delete volume" but I am nervous to do this as my computer will not boot into windows without it.
I think the problem may be that my windows boot manager is on my old Hard Drive and not my SSD, how do I change it?
If any more information is need in order to help, please just let me know and I will get back to you as soon as I possibly can with more information. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am very lost.
I have two drives, a 120gb ssd (C drive) which windows is installed on, and an 300gb hard drive (F Drive), which is the one I want to remove.
When I remove the old hard drive and then boot up my computer, I get the message "reboot and select proper boot device". I have made sure to double check that the 120gb ssd is the one with windows installed on it.
I followed some steps on the internet and changed the boot sequence so that windows boot manager was on top but this did not solve the issue. One thing I did notice was that when I put the boot manager on top then clicked save and exit, the next time I went into my boot sequence the boot manager had been automatically placed on the bottom again. I then plugged my old hard drive back in, went into the bios settings and moved the windows boot manager on top again and now my computer will boot into windows like normal without displaying a "reboot and select proper boot device message".
Is it possible that my old hard drive has critical files on it that my computer needs in order to boot? If so how do I check? Also is there a step I am missing?
It's worth noting that I do not care about the data I have on my old hard drive as it is almost entirely games.
Here is a couple pictures of what my boot sequence looks like with and without the old hard drive; View: https://imgur.com/a/ud5DqDg
Here is a screenshot of my Disk Management in windows; View: https://imgur.com/a/iCpTm1V
I thought about using the windows disk management tool in order too select my old hard drive and "delete volume" but I am nervous to do this as my computer will not boot into windows without it.
I think the problem may be that my windows boot manager is on my old Hard Drive and not my SSD, how do I change it?
If any more information is need in order to help, please just let me know and I will get back to you as soon as I possibly can with more information. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am very lost.