can you install windows 7(64bit) to a pc directly from it's hard drive?
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SuperSoph_WD
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- Jul 30, 2014
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Hey there, blakflag3!
Unfortunately, you cannot simply plug and play the operating system because it communicates with the motherboard of the computer, and the storage is just a carrier. You'd have to use a USB or a CD/DVD media device to install the operating system, otherwise I don't think that you'd be able to boot Windows at all.
Here's a tutorial that explains how to create a bootable USB flash drive to install the OS: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/faq/id-1881143/create-bootable-usb-drive.html
Hope this helps you. Keep me posted if you have more questions!
SuperSoph_WD
Unfortunately, you cannot simply plug and play the operating system because it communicates with the motherboard of the computer, and the storage is just a carrier. You'd have to use a USB or a CD/DVD media device to install the operating system, otherwise I don't think that you'd be able to boot Windows at all.
Here's a tutorial that explains how to create a bootable USB flash drive to install the OS: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/faq/id-1881143/create-bootable-usb-drive.html
Hope this helps you. Keep me posted if you have more questions!
SuperSoph_WD
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