Removing extra hard drive to reinstall windows

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Hello, i have 2 harddrives, and i want to reinstall windows 7. I am curious as to if I remove my 2nd hard drive and reinstall windows on the other, will I be able to just plug the 2nd harddrive back in and it will be good to go.
Or could I just leave it plugged in? Will it only wipe the harddrive that windows is being installed to?
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It's not required that you remove the second drive, but it is recommended.

Windows 7 and later tends to put a small System Reserved partition on a second drive. Boot information. If that drive dies, or you want to take it out and use it elsewhere...no boot for you.

Having only the target drive connected prevents this.
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It's not required that you remove the second drive, but it is recommended.

Windows 7 and later tends to put a small System Reserved partition on a second drive. Boot information. If that drive dies, or you want to take it out and use it elsewhere...no boot for you.

Having only the target drive connected prevents this.
 
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Thank you. You are now my honorary yolo
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