Perhaps it is set to look for a partition on the SSD that doesn't exist because it's MBR, but it falls back to the HDD if the SSD isn't connected. Unplug the SSD and boot to a Windows installer, and ...
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I fixed a 'dead' Windows 11 PC with the built-in tools most people don't know exist
You mightn't think it, but the Windows 11 Recovery Environment is genuinely powerful.
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