Having Windows 10 on SSD and Windows 7 OEM on HDD

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Hello! First of all, thank you for taking your time reading this..
About one week ago I built a brand new PC with pretty much all new Hardware. My idea was to use my old HDD which came with my old PC that was pre installed and had all my games and an OS which in my case, was Windows 7 Home Pro. After realizing that I didn't think the situation through, I checked some posts and was afraid to see that "Pre Installed" OS keys were bound to the motherboard, and since I had a brand new MB (Msi Z170 Pro Carbon) I had to get a new OS!

My Plan is now to buy a windows 10 OEM key and install it to my 120 GB SSD.

Question is:

1. Would these two drives in any way interfere

2. Since my old HDD has a OEM Key, would that mean that it just can't be used on a new PC as a Boot Drive or would the whole Hard Drive be bound to my old system..

3.My old HDD has drivers from old Hardware. Would that mean it wouldn't work at all..


I tried booting with the old HDD before, but it never worked..


Also.. Will my SSD automatically download all the Drivers for the new Hardware?

I'm sorry for this long question but I thought you guys would know better than me!

Thank you!
 
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Colif
1. no, they shouldn't effect one another. When you install win 10 on ssd, make it the only drive in PC and the boot order won't include the old drive at all. Once win 10 installed and boots off ssd, add the hdd and look in boot order and make sure hdd not included.
the way win 10 boots is different to win 7 so it shouldn't even look for the win 7 disc as it doesn't include the file it is looking for.
2. the licence is bound to the PC but you can move hdd, just not use it as boot elsewhere.
3. if you only using it as storage and to run game off, then none of the drivers on it will effect ssd

win 10 will try to get drivers for all your hardware but it helps to check motherboard makers web site to make sure they the latest drivers. Same...
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1. no, they shouldn't effect one another. When you install win 10 on ssd, make it the only drive in PC and the boot order won't include the old drive at all. Once win 10 installed and boots off ssd, add the hdd and look in boot order and make sure hdd not included.
the way win 10 boots is different to win 7 so it shouldn't even look for the win 7 disc as it doesn't include the file it is looking for.
2. the licence is bound to the PC but you can move hdd, just not use it as boot elsewhere.
3. if you only using it as storage and to run game off, then none of the drivers on it will effect ssd

win 10 will try to get drivers for all your hardware but it helps to check motherboard makers web site to make sure they the latest drivers. Same for gpu though win 10 pretty good with them.
 
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