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This may be a dumb question, but I have three hard drives on my machine, C, E and F. Presently, my C drive is where my Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit is located and to which my machine boots.

I would like to avoid messing it up until I have Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit is up and running. Can I install it on one of my other hard drives, making the hard drive bootable, and then designate that hard drive as the first boot source afterwards? I just don't want to lose everything.

Thanks in advance.
 
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Thats not a dumb question and yes you can.

I must ask if you have the upgrade or full version of Windows 7?
 
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  1. Remove the drive that has Vista.
  2. Install Windows 7.
  3. Connect the Vista drive.
After you have your system booting to Windows 7 with both drives attached. You can use EasyBCD to setup Multi-boot options for Booting both operating systems.
 
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If you won't remove the VISTA drive, Win7 setup should do the Multi boot option for you.
 
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If you don't remove the drive Windows 7 may place boot files on the Vista drive. And when you try to remove vista in the future Windows 7 will not boot. I was trying to save you alittle time in the future by making sure all files are in place now.
 

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