Windows 8 boot stuff on another drive

caleb · Mar 6, 2013, 06:26 PM

I have two drives a WD Black and a 500GB Seagate. For some dumb reason Windows 8 installed its boot stuff onto that Seagate.
I found by accident by removing the Seagate drive and failing to boot win8.

Can I somehow fix the installation I have on the Black drive or do I need to reinstall? I ran the repair from Win8 volume but it reported I have Windows 7 on that black HDD...must be the old installation.

Jetster · Mar 6, 2013, 06:42 PM

That's normal behavior for windows 7 and 8. When you install only have the OS drive attached. Disconect any other drives

To fix try disconnecting the second drive and boot to your system disk and repair

caleb · Mar 6, 2013, 07:45 PM

As in OP. The repair says its Windows 7 installation :S

irlandezul · Mar 7, 2013, 03:01 AM

You can try to clone boot partition and move it on the other HD .

caleb · Mar 8, 2013, 09:43 AM

It looks there is some sort of boot folder on HDD2 Can I somehow view the MBR and be sure which is which ? I suspect it works like this :

HDD1 MBR -> HDD2 BOOTFOLDER -> HDD1 Win8 Installation.

Guessing any 3rd party modification will mess this up.

Mar 6, 2013, 06:26 PM	#1
caleb Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Poland,Slask Posts: 1,105 (0.35/day) Thanks: 200 Thanked 174 Times in 142 Posts System Specs	Windows 8 boot stuff on another drive I have two drives a WD Black and a 500GB Seagate. For some dumb reason Windows 8 installed its boot stuff onto that Seagate. I found by accident by removing the Seagate drive and failing to boot win8. Can I somehow fix the installation I have on the Black drive or do I need to reinstall? I ran the repair from Win8 volume but it reported I have Windows 7 on that black HDD...must be the old installation. __________________ "Let me noobilize you"

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Mar 6, 2013, 07:45 PM	#3
caleb Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Poland,Slask Posts: 1,105 (0.35/day) Thanks: 200 Thanked 174 Times in 142 Posts System Specs	As in OP. The repair says its Windows 7 installation :S __________________ "Let me noobilize you"

System Name:	HAL
Processor:	Core i5 2500K
Motherboard:	Asus P8P67 Pro Rev3.1
Cooling:	stock
Memory:	2x4GB Kingston 1600Mhz Blu
Video Card:	Asus 560Ti DirectCuII TOP
Hard Disk:	WD Black WD1502FAEX
Optical Drive:	none
CRT/LCD Model:	LG 1440x900
Case:	Chieftec Mesh Midi
Sound Card:	onboard
PSU:	Corsair TX750V2
Software:	win7sp1
Benchmarks:	Finally upgraded for BF3!

Mar 6, 2013, 06:42 PM	#2
Jetster Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,870 (2.35/day) Thanks: 933 Thanked 863 Times in 631 Posts System Specs	That's normal behavior for windows 7 and 8. When you install only have the OS drive attached. Disconect any other drives To fix try disconnecting the second drive and boot to your system disk and repair

Mar 7, 2013, 03:01 AM	#4
irlandezul Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 97 (0.44/day) Thanks: 16 Thanked 30 Times in 21 Posts	You can try to clone boot partition and move it on the other HD . __________________ ... I love gOOgle ...

Mar 8, 2013, 09:43 AM	#5
caleb Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Poland,Slask Posts: 1,105 (0.35/day) Thanks: 200 Thanked 174 Times in 142 Posts System Specs	It looks there is some sort of boot folder on HDD2 Can I somehow view the MBR and be sure which is which ? I suspect it works like this : HDD1 MBR -> HDD2 BOOTFOLDER -> HDD1 Win8 Installation. Guessing any 3rd party modification will mess this up. __________________ "Let me noobilize you"

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