Quick Question about Operating System & HDs

[davi921]

I'm currently running Windows 7 on a basic Seagate Hard Drive. I just bought a Samsung 840 EVO SSD. I want to install WIndows 7 onto the SSD, boot up the W7 from the SSD, and have my Seagate as a secondary storage drive.

How would I go about doing this? Would it work if I:

1) Unplugged my Seagate
2) Plugged in my SSD
3) Installed Windows 7 onto the SSD
4) Re-plug the Seagate back in
5) Go into BIOS and set the SSD as the hard drive to boot first

I don't want to reformat my Seagate because there are a lot of stuff on the hard drive that would be hard to replace.

 

[Outlander_04]

yes that works

 

[davi921]

There won't be any problems activating Windows 7 on the SSD either right? I plan to use the same product key as the one on my Seagate.

 

[Outlander_04]

OEM copies are locked to the motherboard and since its on the same mb so it should be trouble free .
Its not locked to a hard drive so you should have no issues activating again .

 

[davi921]

awesome! Thanks for the feedback. I really appreciate it.