Hello @
fluxcapacitor,
I only asked because we have a lot of members who perform a
Clean Install
with
OTHER drives attached during installation. This can lead to problems either booting the OS, or problems once the OS has been booted. Here is something I wrote for members as part of the
Clean Install
process.
Disconnect ALL Other Disks
It is highly recommended that you disconnect [ temporarily unplug ]
ALL other Disks [ HDD's/SSD's/USB's ]
BEFORE installing Windows. The reasons for this are . . .
[1] You
CAN'T accidentally
OVERWRITE a connected Disk.
[2] The
BOOTLOADER [ boot configuration files ] will get installed on the correct Disk [ because Windows has the tendency to install the bootloader rather randomly on
ANY connected Disk ], and therefore
STOP problems with booting once the installation is complete.
Once the installation is complete . . .
- Check the OS boots correctly.
- Check if the boot order in the BIOS/UEFI settings are correct [ if NOT, adjust them accordingly ].
- Reconnect the other Disks.
EXPLANATION:
Windows uses a different partition structure for BIOS/UEFI. During the installation process, Windows asks which Disk/Partition you want to use for the Windows
C:\ drive, it
DOESN'T however, necessarily use the same Disk for the other Partitions, and can therefore incorrectly create the hidden recovery partition on any attached Disk.
Additionally, for BIOS, if another Disk is left attached, and at a latter stage you remove that Disk, you will find that the OS will
NOT boot. If you check the BIOS, you will see that the OS has assigned the AHCI/RAID setting instead of the Legacy setting and set it up as RAID, therefore breaking the boot process.
I hope this helps.