[SOLVED] Real newbie question. Removing HDD.

[MelonHusk]

I have windows installed on SSD, and my HDD (internal) seems to have died. Will PC work just fine if I unplug the HDD from those cables? Wont OS get confused during boot and stuck in an infinte loop of searching for the missing D drive?

 

[USAFRet]

Try it.
See what happens.

Power off, disconnect the cables from the HDD.
Power up.

Should work just fine.

 

[Zerk2012]

I have windows installed on SSD, and my HDD (internal) seems to have died. Will PC work just fine if I unplug the HDD from those cables? Wont OS get confused during boot and stuck in an infinte loop of searching for the missing D drive?

The only drive it looks for is the C drive so they should be no problems.

 

[USAFRet]

The only caveat is if you had both drives connected when you installed the OS.
If that were the case, the boot partition may have ended up on the HDD.
If so, a dead or disconnected HDD would mean no boot for you.

But, as the HDD is already seemingly 'dead', that does not appear to be the case.