Windows doesn't boot when the old drive is installed

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Hello guys, recently i bought an SSD (Samsung 850 Evo) and i did a clean windows install on it just alone. I had an HDD which were my old Windows installed.
Now i want to use my old HDD as second storage on my PC but when i plug it in, even when I'm setting the boot priority on BIOS to the SSD, windows doesn't boot up with an error screen " : ( your Pc ran into a problem and needs to restart" all the time.
I do format the old HDD within the windows installation DVD just to be sure that there's no conflict with the 2 operating systems, but still doesn't work at all.
Also, when i'm unplugging the old HDD and left the SSD only, windows boot just fine. What should i do please can someone help me, it's pity for the old drive to go waste.

My rig
CPU: Intel Pentium Dual E5400 2.7 ghz, overcklocked to 3.1 ghz
RAM: 4GB DDR2 800MHZ Corsair XMS DHX
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GT730 1GB OC (Gigabyte)
MoBo: Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L v2.4
SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 250GB
HDD: 150GB
PSU: 400W
OS: Win10 Pro x64bit
 
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androbourne
You said you did do a full format on the HDD? Did you make sure to delete all partitions on it also? It's possible the system reserved partition is still on the HDD and its attempting to boot to it still? Delete all partitions on the drive and try again. It should show in device manager as "unallocated" space where you can click on it and make it a new blank partition.

Also physically check the HDD, even if you set it to slave in the BIOS. It may have jumpers on it marking it as the primary disk and causing issues.

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You said you did do a full format on the HDD? Did you make sure to delete all partitions on it also? It's possible the system reserved partition is still on the HDD and its attempting to boot to it still? Delete all partitions on the drive and try again. It should show in device manager as "unallocated" space where you can click on it and make it a new blank partition.

Also physically check the HDD, even if you set it to slave in the BIOS. It may have jumpers on it marking it as the primary disk and causing issues.

 
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Yes, partitions. Formatting is sometimes insufficient as there remains many partitions left on the disk that can change the boot behavior. Make sure you delete them all.

Also, since it's only 150GB, it's probably getting old. You will have less trouble if you buy yourself a new 1TB HDD. They're both cheap and can store lots of data,

Good luck!

 
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