Can I install a Windows 7 to my second SSD drive?

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Reason behind this is because I don't have a disk drive nor do I have a USB flash drive either at this moment. So with that said, I want to install another SSD drive to this current motherboard but there is no way to do it currently without the disk drive and USB flash drive, so I figured if possible can I just connect my second SSD drive and install windows 7 there that would fix the problem.

My primary SSD will be transferred to another computer at another time so for now I will have to use my secondary SSD drive for this current motherboard. Would this be possible?
 
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First of all, you need to reinstall Windows for the computer you use. You should not, and often can not simply swap a Windows installation to a different system.

So with that said, you need to buy another license and upgrade from either a DVD or USB stick.

Theoretically you could try to CLONE the systems then use a new code to activate Windows 7. I don't know if you can upgrade to Windows 10 without a USB stick or DVD but that might be an option too but since a USB stick is so easy to get I can't recommend that.

Frankly, considering a USB stick is like $5 or so my advice is to get a legal code for Windows 10 Home 64-bit then install from scratch to the SSD.
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First of all, you need to reinstall Windows for the computer you use. You should not, and often can not simply swap a Windows installation to a different system.

So with that said, you need to buy another license and upgrade from either a DVD or USB stick.

Theoretically you could try to CLONE the systems then use a new code to activate Windows 7. I don't know if you can upgrade to Windows 10 without a USB stick or DVD but that might be an option too but since a USB stick is so easy to get I can't recommend that.

Frankly, considering a USB stick is like $5 or so my advice is to get a legal code for Windows 10 Home 64-bit then install from scratch to the SSD.
 
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