Deactivating a HD ub KUbuntu

Factual Questions
1

When I redid my system a few years ago, I retained my old HD as a slave drive. Now it is going bad. I have copied what files I want elsewhere. I tried unplugging its power plug, but the computer wouldn’t boot. Do I need to find where it is mounted on start up and remove it?

Please answer instead of posting the thread about surprising things people don’t knon.

2

Sounds like your bootloader was on the old drive. This page mentions Windows, but you can use the same procedure to install a bootloader on your new drive.

3

Yes, this seems like a very good solution.

And kudos, OP, you for a smile from me for mentioning the don’t know thread.

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