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How do I make USB backup hdd NOT bootable?

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I said yes to the popup to make disaster recovery drive but I expected it to ask for a USB drive, however it made my 4TB Passport USB HDD bootable. Now if I leave it plugged in as I want to for daily backups every boot my PC boots Acronis. I have checked my boot order in bios and it is 3rd but insists on booting from it. 

How do I stop the drive being bootable. preferably keeping the files on it.

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Stephen, download a copy of the free MiniTool Partition Wizard software and use this to remove the hidden 2GB FAT32 partition that has been created at the start of your Passport drive.  You can also use the tool to give that space back to the main partition of the drive by using the resize option.