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Win 7 Home to Pro
Background:
I have a Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit PC which has been built for several months now and I'm very happy with it. I have configured it so Windows is installed and boots from a small SSD drive. I have a large HDD which contains the profiles, Program files, user data etc.
I am now wanting to complete the MCTS coursework from a Sybex book (Exam 70-680) and need a PC to carry out exercises on. My Win 7 Home based OS is not suitable for many of the exercises, I really need Pro. I don't particularly want to pay the £120 UKP to upgrade the O/S to Pro, neither do I want to chance of messing the install up when carrying out the exercises.
So I have been thinking about about buying another HDD and a copy of Win7 Pro OEM, temporarily taking out my existing drives and running the Pro for a few weeks/months. With a view to putting the system back to the configuartion its in now, some time in the future.
Question:
Will the Microsoft Activation system be happy with two O/S's using the same hardware? How does Activation identify the hardware in the machine to the license number?