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Windows 10 install, its a long story
Hi there, newby to the forums but I hope y'all can help. Strap on in.
Desktop PC, 2 physical SATA hard drives.
Running Windows XP on physical drive "1"
Installed Windows 7 and subsequently upgraded to Windows 10 on physical drive "2"
After a few weeks of uploading programs, getting everything set up really nice on Windows 10, Drive "2", I figured, OK, go ahead and wipe and format drive "1" to use for media storage, etc. Used ESEAUS Partion Master.
Carefully clicked on Drive "1", and it said, this drive contains system information are you sure you want to proceed (or something along those lines) I figured, yeah sure, it just sees Windows XP there, no worries.
Well, the next morning, to my grim dissapointment, computer says something like install boot disk or select boot device.
I've fiddled with the BIOS boot settings without any luck. Reloaded Windows 7 on Drive 1, and I can still see all my programs/files, etc. on Drive 2
So the good news is I haven't lost any data. But I can't figure out why deleting Windows XP on physical drive 1 would affect a Windows 10 install physical drive 2???
Many thanks in advance for your help!