What will happen

[Hexorian]

What will happen if I plug my old HDD with windows downloaded into pc that already has has separate HDD that also has windows downloaded? I want to do this so i can wipe the drive and get MOAR storage. 

[Guest]

Depends on the boot order of your drives, configured in your BIOS/whateverit'scallednowadays.

[Hexorian]

Just now, Dutch-stoner said:

Depends on the boot order of your drives, configured in your BIOS/whateverit'scallednowadays.

mkay thank you

 

[Guest]

If you make sure you boot/start up from the drive you want to keep, you should be able to whipe the other drive, since it's just an extra drive without any "registry connections" to the main drive. (other then showing up etc)

 

[Hexorian]

1 minute ago, Dutch-stoner said:

If you make sure you boot/start up from the drive you want to keep, you should be able to whipe the other drive, since it's just an extra drive without any "registry connections" to the main drive. (other then showing up etc)

 

what happens if i boot from the other drive 

 

[Orangeator]

2 minutes ago, Hexorian said:

what happens if i boot from the other drive 

 

You'll have to install your hardware's drivers onto that copy of Windows for it to function properly, but you should still have access to those files... Etc.