How Come windows 7 can't boot off the second hard drive on MBP?

i have 2 ssd in my macbook pro. but the second drive (located in the superdrive slot) will not allow windows to boot while the first HDD is in.  When i remove the first HDD, the 2nd hdd boots. this doesnt make and sense as the second bay is still a sata bootable bay as it was the old superdrive slot.  i had switched the hdds too and was able to boot to mac when it was in the second bay.

Starting up from a system version older than the original one is not supported and usually not possible.

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