I'm looking to get a new laptop in the near future, and having a slim form-factor is one of my important criteria. Thus, laptops without optical drives are pretty attractive for my purposes. With that said, I have a SSD that I would like to put in the new system and simply reinstall Windows 7. However, I do not have a USB optical drive and do not plan on buying one. What I do have is a desktop machine that I could easily attach the SSD to, install the new copy of Windows with it, and then drop it in the laptop.
My questions are:
-First of all, would this strategy even work?
-Would I be able to use this copy of Windows 7 on the SSD destined for the laptop without screwing up the copy I currently have installed on the desktop machine?
-I'm aware I would have to reinstall all the drivers and such, but aside from that would there be any complications with installing the OS on one machine and then using the hard drive on another?
I hope I explained my potential strategy well enough, but if not I can certainly try to explain better if needed. Any other strategies are also welcome. Thanks in advance for the replies.
My questions are:
-First of all, would this strategy even work?
-Would I be able to use this copy of Windows 7 on the SSD destined for the laptop without screwing up the copy I currently have installed on the desktop machine?
-I'm aware I would have to reinstall all the drivers and such, but aside from that would there be any complications with installing the OS on one machine and then using the hard drive on another?
I hope I explained my potential strategy well enough, but if not I can certainly try to explain better if needed. Any other strategies are also welcome. Thanks in advance for the replies.