From what I've been reading in the forums, I installed my Windows 8 in two hard drives, the SSD where the OS is and a hard drive where the partition is. The hard drive is not working well (i.e. sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't) so I bought and installed a new one. But now the OS won't work because I need something from the old hard drive.
I don't want to touch the old hard drive because it might break more and a friend is hoping to recover files before it does.
I read in one of the comments that I should try booting and re-installing Windows 8 using the installation CD and click repair computer. I did but it says there's a disk partition missing so the computer is locked. (It's not verbatim. I tried it this morning and forgot the message already). I also tried Restart computer but the same message appeared. Is there a way to do this without using the old hard drive?
I don't mind wiping the SSD because I'm pretty sure only the OS there. My goal is basically re-installing the windows 8 with only the SSD plugged in so I won't have this problem in the future.
Thanks
I don't want to touch the old hard drive because it might break more and a friend is hoping to recover files before it does.
I read in one of the comments that I should try booting and re-installing Windows 8 using the installation CD and click repair computer. I did but it says there's a disk partition missing so the computer is locked. (It's not verbatim. I tried it this morning and forgot the message already). I also tried Restart computer but the same message appeared. Is there a way to do this without using the old hard drive?
I don't mind wiping the SSD because I'm pretty sure only the OS there. My goal is basically re-installing the windows 8 with only the SSD plugged in so I won't have this problem in the future.
Thanks