Windows being Windows

[whatdoiputhere]

Hello. after exiting an OS i had just installed in a separate HDD than my windows OS i was unable to get into windows. When I tried to boot from the drive with windows the message "No Operating System" was displayed. I didnt change any bios settings. I put my laptop drive into my desktop and it booted to my laptops windows fine. I checked the drive i had my original Windows on and everything was there including windows. I was able to access and use all the files. Anyone know how to fix this?

[Radium_Angel]

22 minutes ago, whatdoiputhere said:

Hello. after exiting an OS i had just installed in a separate HDD than my windows OS

Did you install a boot loader for this "other OS"?

[whatdoiputhere]

1 minute ago, Radium_Angel said:

Did you install a boot loader for this "other OS"?

i did not

[Radium_Angel]

1 minute ago, whatdoiputhere said:

i did not

Does your laptop support 2 hard drives? Pull the other one out and put the original one back in, see what happens?

[whatdoiputhere]

2 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Does your laptop support 2 hard drives? Pull the other one out and put the original one back in, see what happens?

the issue is not with my laptop, its with my desktop. i am currently typing this on the windows running off my laptops SSD inside my desktop

[Radium_Angel]

Just now, whatdoiputhere said:

the issue is not with my laptop, its with my desktop. i am currently typing this on the windows running off my laptops SSD inside my desktop

Ah, the original message was kinda vague on that.

The point still stands, did you try your desktop with only 1 hard drive (the Windows one, not the "other OS" one)

[whatdoiputhere]

1 minute ago, Radium_Angel said:

Ah, the original message was kinda vague on that.

The point still stands, did you try your desktop with only 1 hard drive (the Windows one, not the "other OS" one)

i did, same issue

[Radium_Angel]

3 minutes ago, whatdoiputhere said:

i did, same issue

Sounds like this "other OS" borked the Windows install.

Which "other OS" is this?

Perhaps the MBR needs to be repaired.

[whatdoiputhere]

Just now, Radium_Angel said:

Sounds like this "other OS" borked the Windows install.

Which "other OS" is this?

Perhaps the MBR needs to be repaired.

it was a hackintosh

[SupaKomputa]

Go to bios and select the windows hdd as boot drive.

Another thing is did you install the hackintosh with the windows drive plugged in?

It could be that the hackintosh bootloader overwritten the windows bootloader.

load the windows installer and access repair and try fix bootloader.