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The screenshot indicates you're running from the 1TB HDD (the drive Windows is running from is always C:), there are no Boot or System flags on the 500MB SSD, so it might not boot as the only drive connected, it depends on whether the pre-Boot BIOS/UEFI scan detects the Windows installation or not.

I'd boot from the W7 DVD/USB drive with only the SSD connected and run through the repairs again - your SSD flags should look the same as the HDD flags (though your 100MB SSD partition shouldn't have a drive letter or be visible from Explorer).

If your objective is to get a dual boot using the stock MS bootloader, you'll need to modify the boot.ini on the first drive once both drives boot correctly without the other being connected.

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<blockquote data-quote="satrow" data-source="post: 244331" data-attributes="member: 121">The screenshot indicates you&#039;re running from the 1TB HDD (the drive Windows is running from is always C:), there are no Boot or System flags on the 500MB SSD, so it might not boot as the only drive connected, it depends on whether the pre-Boot BIOS/UEFI scan detects the Windows installation or not.I&#039;d boot from the W7 DVD/USB drive with only the SSD connected and run through the repairs again - your SSD flags should look the same as the HDD flags (though your 100MB SSD partition shouldn&#039;t have a drive letter or be visible from Explorer).If your objective is to get a dual boot using the stock MS bootloader, you&#039;ll need to modify the boot.ini on the first drive once both drives boot correctly without the other being connected.<a href="https://www.sysnative.com/forums/windows-7-windows-vista-tutorials/3894-manually-fix-boot-configuration-windows-7-vista.html#post28375" target="_blank">https://www.sysnative.com/forums/windows-7-windows-vista-tutorials/3894-manually-fix-boot-configuration-windows-7-vista.html#post28375</a><a href="https://www.sysnative.com/forums/windows-7-windows-vista-tutorials/3893-marking-appropriate-partition-active-windows-7-vista.html" target="_blank">Marking the Appropriate Partition Active (Windows 7 / Vista)</a><a href="https://www.sysnative.com/forums/windows-7-windows-vista-tutorials/3891-windows-recovery-options-windows-7-vista.html" target="_blank">Windows Recovery Options (Windows 7 / Vista)</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="satrow, post: 244331, member: 121"] The screenshot indicates you're running from the 1TB HDD (the drive Windows is running from is always C:), there are no Boot or System flags on the 500MB SSD, so it might not boot as the [I]only[/I] drive connected, it depends on whether the pre-Boot BIOS/UEFI scan detects the Windows installation or not. I'd boot from the W7 DVD/USB drive with [I]only the SSD connected[/I] and run through the repairs again - your SSD flags should look the same as the HDD flags (though your 100MB SSD partition shouldn't have a drive letter or be visible from Explorer). If your objective is to get a dual boot using the stock MS bootloader, you'll need to modify the boot.ini on the first drive once both drives boot correctly without the other being connected. [url]https://www.sysnative.com/forums/windows-7-windows-vista-tutorials/3894-manually-fix-boot-configuration-windows-7-vista.html#post28375[/url] [URL="https://www.sysnative.com/forums/windows-7-windows-vista-tutorials/3893-marking-appropriate-partition-active-windows-7-vista.html"]Marking the Appropriate Partition Active (Windows 7 / Vista)[/URL] [URL="https://www.sysnative.com/forums/windows-7-windows-vista-tutorials/3891-windows-recovery-options-windows-7-vista.html"]Windows Recovery Options (Windows 7 / Vista)[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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