I've got a rather simple question that I can't quite word well enough to get an answer off of google.
At the moment, I have a singular solid state drive (sandisk ultra II, 240gb) with my OS (Windows 7 ultimate) and all my my data currently filling the role as the only storage device in my system.
In my BIOS I see there is a setting to switch where I want my system to boot from (Obviously, my current SSD). I've been wanting to clean install windows 7 for a long while now and I'm curious if I can cheat at this a bit.
I DO have a second SSD handy, so my question is can I install windows 7 on the spare SSD, have my computer boot from that, and simply hook up my current SSD as primary storage?
To clarify, I'm asking if I can have a SSD that will store ONLY the operating system, and simply hook up my current one (with current OS and all data still installed, no modification to data) and use it as storage by hooking it up to an alternate SATA port?
At the moment, I have a singular solid state drive (sandisk ultra II, 240gb) with my OS (Windows 7 ultimate) and all my my data currently filling the role as the only storage device in my system.
In my BIOS I see there is a setting to switch where I want my system to boot from (Obviously, my current SSD). I've been wanting to clean install windows 7 for a long while now and I'm curious if I can cheat at this a bit.
I DO have a second SSD handy, so my question is can I install windows 7 on the spare SSD, have my computer boot from that, and simply hook up my current SSD as primary storage?
To clarify, I'm asking if I can have a SSD that will store ONLY the operating system, and simply hook up my current one (with current OS and all data still installed, no modification to data) and use it as storage by hooking it up to an alternate SATA port?