Blinking Cursor line before Windows starts

Hey guys, I installed an extra HDD, but after that every time I boot up I have this black screen with blinking cursor line for ages before Windows start. I actually counted how many times it blinks lol.....178 times.

I checked in the bios settings to see if it is set to start with the correct HDD, and it is. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

If you remove the HDD, does the problem go away?

If you remove the HDD, does the problem go away?

I'm not sure, will try that later on. Thanks for the reply. I will let you know.

If you remove the HDD, does the problem go away?

I just removed the HDD, and yes then the problem goes away. What can I do?

You can try repairing the boot sector with Start-up repair if you have made the system repair disk(now called recovery drive): Control PanelAll Control Panel ItemsRecovery

Recovery Drive - Create in Windows 10 - Windows 10 blog

Or better, if you have Macrium Reflect installed use the bootable USB and repair from that(it works much much better and reliably)

I just removed the HDD, and yes then the problem goes away. What can I do?

Thanks. I am downloading Macrium Reflect now. Never used it before, but will give it a shot. I will let you know on the results.

You can try repairing the boot sector with Start-up repair if you have made the system repair disk(now called recovery drive): Control PanelAll Control Panel ItemsRecovery

Recovery Drive - Create in Windows 10 - Windows 10 blog

Or better, if you have Macrium Reflect installed use the bootable USB and repair from that(it works much much better and reliably)

I repaired the boot sector with Macrium Reflect, but it made no difference however.

I repaired the boot sector with Macrium Reflect, but it made no difference however.

Are both disk's partitioned the same? I mean are both GPT(not one GPT + one MBR) to make use of UEFI?

Are both disk's partitioned the same? I mean are both GPT(not one GPT + one MBR) to make use of UEFI?

Disk management looks like this.....

 

Right click (on both) the Disk #(example Disk 0) open properties, volumes tab:


and it will show you your partitioning type:


Both disks should be the same type.
***notice the disk numbers in both shots***