Can't see HDD after installing Windows on SSD

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bluecalex

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So I have 2 drives, a 1TB HDD and a 250GB SSD, I wanted to move things from my HDD to my SSD and use the HDD for my games and other stuff, but now I can't see the other drive whilst I'm booted in the SSD, I can't see it in device manager or disk manager. If I unplug the SSD I can boot into the HDD just fine though
 
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bluecalex

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I didnt end up cloning the drive, i straight up just installed windows onto the ssd
 
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clutchc

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As the others stated, you probably still have the boot sector on the HDD if you left it plugged in during the Win installation. Weird, but that happens sometimes if the HDD has another win installation on it.
 
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Thats probably what it is, so if i delete the boot sector from the HDD i should see it when its plugged in with my SSD right? How would I delete the boot sector from the HDD
 
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You can go to disk management and see if there is a hidden partition you can delete. But I doubt that will contain the boot sector. Best to do as suggested; do a clean install of Win on the SSD with the HDD's data cable unplugged until you have completed the Win installation.
 
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bluecalex

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The Sata cable for the HDD was unplugged when i installed windows onto the SSD, here are the partitions for the HDD

https://gyazo.com/29091be03ed8a9272c342147fdc47077
 
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