Using windows from an old hard drive

[manlykeweaver465]

I've pretty much built my new pc, and on my old hard drive is a copy of windows 7(the hard drive is not in use) do I need to wipe my old hard drive to use that copy of windows 7 on my new ssd, or can I just install it on my new ssd without wiping the old one.

[NinjaJc01]

You should be able to just put in on the SSD. Have you considered cloning the HDD on to the SSD?

[manlykeweaver465]

3 minutes ago, NinjaJc01 said:

You should be able to just put in on the SSD. Have you considered cloning the HDD on to the SSD?

I don't know what cloning is but if i just installed it would it let me type in the registration key for windows even though it's already on a different hard drive 

 

[NinjaJc01]

1 minute ago, manlykeweaver465 said:

I don't know what cloning is but if i just installed it would it let me type in the registration key for windows even though it's already on a different hard drive 

 

If you had the key, it might. It depends whether the key is an OEM key or not.