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Windows computer won’t boot with second hard drive plugged in

If your Windows 11/10 computer won’t boot with a second hard drive plugged in, then first make sure the drive is working properly and there are no issues with it. Having done that, try these ...
TWCN Tech News

No display when an external hard drive is plugged in to Windows PC

Use the following suggestions if you encounter the No display problem when an external hard drive is plugged in. Before proceeding, try another USB port and see what happens. Also, try to restart the ...
Ars Technica

Computer won't power up when hard disk plugged in. Short circuit?

As topic: the PC is a PC Chips 810LMR running a Duron 750 with 2x64Mb PC100 SDRAM, Samsung 32x CD-ROM, Western Digital WD205AA 20Gb Hard Disk. Had been running stable in this configuration for over 18 ...
PC World

What to do when a second hard drive bricks your PC

Mahenthiran K installed a second hard drive into his PC. The computer should still boot from the original drive, but it doesn’t boot at all. When you install a second hard drive in a PC, it shouldn’t ...
Ars Technica

Unplugged system drive, PC won't boot, plugged it back in, won't boot.

Swapping cables seemed to have no effect, so I ended up finding an ISO for a Windows x64 recovery disc online. I plugged in the just the drive I wanted to keep (with Windows on it) and ran the ...