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2 separate bootable Windows 7 hard disks - can you edit files between
I just got a new computer. The main drive I'm going to use is a SSD which I haven't put in yet where I'm going to try cloning the hard disk of my current computer onto (then try repair install to see if I can 'revive' it to the new hardware while losing less stuff) that runs Windows 7 Pro 64 bit.
There's a 2nd blank hard disk already in the computer.
I'm hoping to ALSO install Windows 7 Pro 64 bit on the 2nd hard disk, and have it as a 'backup' bootable drive in case something goes wrong with the main installation. (Don't tell me this is overkill).
I'm aware you probably need a new serial for the 2nd installation (?)
I had this similar setup on my old computer, because I started with a Win XP drive then I 'upgraded' by putting in a 2nd bootable hard disk with Windows 7 Pro, I just selected the disk to boot from in my BIOS. In Windows XP the Win 7 drive just appeared like a normal storage drive. Several times I corrupted system files in Windows 7 and couldn't fix it, but then I could just replace the files on the Windows 7 drive within Windows XP like it was any old folder. Every problem I've ever had has been fixed rapidly simply by fixing it within Windows XP.
So this is what I want to know:
-If there is a 2nd hard disk with Windows 7 installed, can you just automatically replace the files on it from the other installation of Windows 7, or does it see it's some kind of Windows 7 folder and say it's 'protected'? I mean the system files etc. not just documents.
- Is there some kind of order I have to install Windows 7 on the drives? Do I have to unplug the other one when I install Win7 on a drive?
Please be clear I want the separate, independent Windows 7 installations on separate hard disks, not partitions.