Stupid question - instering HDD to PC

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Hi. I have kinda stupid question. I have two disks in my PC (SSD + HDD). If I take them off and instert one HDD with installed Windows 10, will this Windows boot normally and work? And and if I take this HDD off and replace by SSD + HDD from before, everything will go back?

I know it's kind of dumb, but it bugs me.

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so long as the drive installed has windows on it, it will boot up fine. removing the ssd won't change this.

take out the hdd with windows on it and then it won't boot since there won't be an os to boot to. if the ssd is only data, then remove it and out it back as often as you want and it won't change anything other than give you access to your data when it is there
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so long as the drive installed has windows on it, it will boot up fine. removing the ssd won't change this.

take out the hdd with windows on it and then it won't boot since there won't be an os to boot to. if the ssd is only data, then remove it and out it back as often as you want and it won't change anything other than give you access to your data when it is there
 
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Maybe.
Which drive is the OS installed on?
Was the OS installed with both drives connected?
 
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Ok, look I probably did not make this clear, here is the situation:

1. In my PC I have 1xSSD with Windows 10 and 1xHDD with data.
2. I take them both out and insert 1xHDD with preinstalled Windows 10
3. Does the computer boot and there is no evidence of the data from previous disks?
4. I take 1xHDD with Windows 10 out and insert 1xSSD with Windows 10 and 1xHDD with data
5. Does the PC work like it did in step 1?
 
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#2&3. It may or may not boot with that 'other' OS.
 
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A drive with an installed OS, inserted into a whole different PC, often does not boot. At all.
Basically, motherboard drivers. And you can't 'undo' them.

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

And then you run into licensing issues, especially if it is an OEM license.
 
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Look - this will be my work PC and I can't do personal stuff there. So I thought, I will have HDD with preinstalled Windows (used just on this PC) and in case of work check I will swap two personal drives (SSD + HDD) with the one HDD with presintalled Windows.

I thought this will work, since there is only one PC involved.
 
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1. It is their PC, not yours
2. It is their network. They can tell what you're doing
3. If you install the OS while that drive is in that actual PC, that might work. Licensing issues aside
4. You're supposed to be working, not screwing around on your own OS
5. See #1.
 
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Haha, fair enough, I just work remotely from home, network will be mine, no tracking software or anything. Would be cool to use it during weekends etc.

So if there is just this one PC involved, this should work fine?
 
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Maybe. If it is their PC that they have given you to use for work, no telling what keylogging they may have built into the bios.
 
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