I'm going to upgrade my system with an SSD, and I already have a 1tb HDD installed in it. I'm going to do a clean install of windows on that SSD and I have a windows 7 disc/key. I've been told that I can put the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10/) on a flash drive, disconnect my current drive, and boot using the flashdrive and install windows from there onto the SSD with my windows 7 key, since it is digitally licensed. I have a few questions about this process.
1.) I haven't installed Windows since I built this rig about two years ago. If I boot from the flashdrive, I will have the option to install to the SSD, right?
2.) After I install Windows on that SSD, can I just reconnect my hard drive and use it for storage without modifying it? Will the Windows installation on that cause any confusion? It shouldn't, since it's not the boot drive, right?
3.) Once I do reconnect that drive, will its programs and files will still be accessible? And if I want a program to actually benefit from the SSD, I just have to move it over from the HDD to the SSD, right?
Here is a link to the article I read detailing how to install windows 10 using a windows 7 key: http://www.howtogeek.com/266072/you-can-still-get-windows-10-for-free-with-a-windows-7-8-or-8.1-key/
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1.) I haven't installed Windows since I built this rig about two years ago. If I boot from the flashdrive, I will have the option to install to the SSD, right?
2.) After I install Windows on that SSD, can I just reconnect my hard drive and use it for storage without modifying it? Will the Windows installation on that cause any confusion? It shouldn't, since it's not the boot drive, right?
3.) Once I do reconnect that drive, will its programs and files will still be accessible? And if I want a program to actually benefit from the SSD, I just have to move it over from the HDD to the SSD, right?
Here is a link to the article I read detailing how to install windows 10 using a windows 7 key: http://www.howtogeek.com/266072/you-can-still-get-windows-10-for-free-with-a-windows-7-8-or-8.1-key/
Thank you for reading this block of text.