How to remove windows 10 boot manager ?

Question

Recently I cloned my C: drive to my new SSD and every time I start my pc it shows the boot manager. It shows two options:

Every time I proceed with the first option and my windows boots from SSD. My previous windows files are there on my old HDD as I am not sure if it will boot without them. So, can I clear my old HDD partition?
How can I get rid of the windows boot manager?
Thanks in Advance.
also, If I go to MSConfig and boot tab, I can't find any OS to make default. It stays blank.

Edit: I tried booting without HDD, but the boot manager still opens up. Though I don't have any problem running windows without previous HDD.

Answer 1

Hello, how are you?

Welcome to the Microsoft Community!

My name is Paloma B., I'm an independent advisor, I'm here to help you in the best possible way.

I understand that you would like to remove Windows Startup Manager.

This happens precisely because you have two disks in your computer with Windows installed.

In this case I suggest that you format the HDD to remove the entire boot partition from the disk, so the Boot Manager will no longer appear.

If there is a need to backup the files, I believe it is not possible because you mentioned that you cloned the disk to a new SSD, this is excellent.

Follow the procedures below to format the HDD and keep only the SSD with Windows and boot properly.

First open the Command Prompt, press Windows + R, type cmd and click OK.

1. In the Prompt type DISKPART, when it opens, DISKPART will appear on the left.
2. Type LIST DISK, this command will list the hard drives installed on the machine, pay close attention not to choose the wrong hard drive.
3. Type SELECT DISK “X”, in place of the X put the number for the HDD you want to format, put without quotes.
4. Now just type the commands below and press Enter at each command.
5. Commands:

CLEAN

CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY

SELECT PARTITION 1

ACTIVE

FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK

ASSIGN

EXIT

I await news.

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Answer 2

Hello, how are you?
Welcome to the Microsoft Community!

My name is Paloma B., I'm an independent advisor, I'm here to help you in the best possible way.

I understand that you would like to remove Windows Startup Manager.

This happens precisely because you have two disks in your computer with Windows installed.

In this case I suggest that you format the HDD to remove the entire boot partition from the disk, so the Boot Manager will no longer appear.

If there is a need to backup the files, I believe it is not possible because you mentioned that you cloned the disk to a new SSD, this is excellent.

Follow the procedures below to format the HDD and keep only the SSD with Windows and boot properly.

First open the Command Prompt, press Windows + R, type cmd and click OK.

1. In the Prompt type DISKPART, when it opens, DISKPART will appear on the left.
2. Type LIST DISK, this command will list the hard drives installed on the machine, pay close attention not to choose the wrong hard drive.
3. Type SELECT DISK “X”, in place of the X put the number for the HDD you want to format, put without quotes.
4. Now just type the commands below and press Enter at each command.
5. Commands:
   CLEAN
   CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY
   SELECT PARTITION 1
   ACTIVE
   FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK
   ASSIGN
   EXIT

I await news.

If these procedures helped you in any way, please click on "I solved my problem" and also mark as an answer, so you can help others users.

We will always be available for whatever you need!

Thanks a lot for your answer.
Actually, I don't want to clean my whole hard drive. I had windows installed in a partition of the previous hard drive. So, can I just wipe the data from that partition?
I tried booting the pc without HDD and it boots up fine. (Boot manager still pos up)

Answer 3

Thank you for the informations.

Yes, you only remove the partition where Windows was previously installed.

Access Disk Manager press Windows+X, after that click with the right mouse on the old Windows partition and delete it.