How do you install windows bootcamp on a second internal hard drive?

I have a SSD as my main hard drive then installed the old hard drive internally in the internal optical bay slot. Whenever I try to install Windows and reboot, I get the No Bootable Disk error. Any ideas?

Disconnect the hard drive (assuming you want to install on SSD) and put the optical drive back.
Even on a multi-drive Mac Pro (tower) or an iMac (with SSD and 2TB hdd) there are extra steps.
You can't install Windows on one and have a drive with OS X or even GPT partition type on second.

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