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Upgrade to Win10 on new SSD, keep old Win7 on HDD
Hi all,
I am currently running OEM Windows 7 on a HDD, and want to take advantage of the "free" upgrade to Windows 10 (I know it expired in 2016, but I read that you can still do it). Problem is, I have some programs that I still use that I don't have the keys for, so I'd like to keep Win7 just for running those programs. I was planning on getting a new SSD and doing a clean install of Win10 on it on the same computer. If I go ahead and install Win10 on the new SSD, would Win7 still work if I directed the BIOS to boot from the old HDD? I figured since the windows license is tied to the motherboard, either option (booting into Win7 or Win10) would work. Or does Microsoft somehow disable my Win7 once I install Win10?
Thanks