Win 7 Install On New Drive
I am purchasing an upgrade copy of Windows 7 and want to do a clean install on my Vista machine. I want to purchase a second hard drive to install the new operating system for a "clean install" and use my old drive as as secondary drive.
I am not interested in running Vista from it, only the software installed on the old drive. Can this be done? If so, how? I really would appreciate your help. Both are serial drives.
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