Original drive will not permit writes upon addition of PCIe SSD

[BernadIE5317]

Greetings & Kind Regards I added a PCIe SSD made it the boot drive C . Subsequent the original C drive now G will not permit writes to itself w/o administrator privileges . The permissions of G are identical to those of C . Please advise . Thank You Kindly

[veeg]

Hello

Does the ( G ) drive still have the old OS on it?

[BernadIE5317]

Thank You for Your Kind interest Yes it does . I have not modified it .

[veeg]

You can’t have second OS ,doing that cause’s a boot up conflict.

[BernadIE5317]

How can it be a conflict if the BIOS has been informed to boot from the SSD . Also apparently there is no conflict as system boots successfully .

[veeg]

Hmm..ok

Let’s get more help.

@Bruce

[Rustys]

You replaced the C drive and installed the OS and or imaged it.

If you are if G is disconnected does the system still boot and operate properly.

How is G drive connected to the system?

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[Bruce]

to add to what is already said.

if you remove the new SSD, does the original C:\ come back to life and is writeable?
if so, while connected, backup all your data off it.

then plug back in the new SSD, making the old go back to G:, then wipe G:.

weird and I haven’t seen this before, but it may have something do to with how the new SSD was created.
and yes, should be no logic reason why the old C:\ still isn’t completed read/write accessible, even with the old boot records on it.

hopefully your answers to Rusty’s questions may shed some light.

[BernadIE5317]

Dell OptiPlex 7040 Small Form Factor
[0] An image of the original C was copied to the SSD via USB prior to install
[1] w/ G disconnected system boots okeedokee , it also boots w/ G connected
[2] How? Not sure I understand . w/ wires ? It is a SATA drive . Perhaps the Speccy profile will be informative .
Speccy Profile for Dell OptiPlex 7040 Small Form Factor Desktop PC
I do not wish to go to the trouble of disconnecting the SSD

[Bruce]

for me, I’d be disconnecting the old drive.
then reinstalling Windows onto the new drive via a bootable USB stick created by the Windows Media Creation Tool.
that should give a fresh, clean OS onto the new SSD, and make the old one writeable.
still not sure why it isn’t but hey, it is what it is.

only reason I can give is imaging is a quick and easy way to get a new drive up and running, but doesn’t allows pan out.

[Rustys]

I do not wish to go to the trouble of disconnecting the SSD

yet you state this.

[1] w/ G disconnected system boots okeedokee , it also boots w/ G connected

until this is validated as completed no further assistance will be given by me.

[Bruce]

@BernadIE5317 - any news?

[Bruce]

abandoned