I'm currently running my PC on a single HD with Windows Vista- OS, programs, games, music, pictures, etc all on the same hard drive, and I've recently obtained a copy of Win7 and am looking to upgrade to that. However, I don't have a flash drive, and I'm really not wanting to burn 200-300gb worth of stuff I want to keep onto DVD's- could take a while. I do have another SATA drive, and what I'm considering doing is installing Win7 to that and using it as my OS drive while keeping all my games/pictures/whathaveyou on my current hard drive, both giving me the performance of a dual-HD setup (while keeping my OS on a completely different drive) as well as saving me the time (and money, I guess) of backing everything up and doing a total reformat.
The question I have, having never done this, is what exactly I need to do in order to install 7 on this new hard drive (as I don't want to wipe my current one before doing so) and how booting an OS would work after that; do I remove Vista from my current HD? Will it give me a selection of OS when booting up? I don't really need the choice- I don't see myself using Vista anymore once I have 7 installed. I'm just not sure the best route to go about doing this- anyone with more experience have some advice / infos? Any help appreciated-